http://www.thedailystar.net/2003/12/08/d31208012020.htm
The Daily Star, Mon. December 08, 2003
Staff Correspondent
President of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) Shantu Larma (Jotirindriyo Bodhipriyo) yesterday met the ambassador of the United States to seek support for full implementation of the peace accord.
Ambassador Harry K Thomas and Jotirindriyo, popularly known as Shantu Larma, at the US embassy in Dhaka exchanged views on three points -- present status of the peace accord, situation in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and development issues.
The meeting was part of the initiative to form a support group comprising members of the civil society, political leaders and representatives of the foreign missions for the implementation, said a top PCJSS leader wishing to remain unnamed.
The US ambassador said the peace accord signed 1997 should be implemented soon, sources in the PCJSS said.
PCJSS Vice-president Rupayan Dewan and Secretary of Bangladesh Adivasi Forum Sanjeeb Drong accompanied Larma.
Earlier, the PCJSS leaders met the representatives of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and British High Commission for their support.
They have also discussed their plan with human rights and social welfare activists and the indigenous people living in the capital and abroad.
The left-leaning 11-party alliance and Gono Forum may extend unqualified support
to the PCJSS, the sources said.