Representatives of the ULFA and Administration bargaining teams met briefly on September 24 to plan future negotiations.

The meeting was cordial and constructive and both sides emerged with a stronger sense of the current state of the various articles still under discussion. There remains much work to do, in part due to the large number of articles under discussion and the fact that we are now beginning to deal with articles where the two sides have more divergent approaches.

Next negotiations are scheduled for October 22. Given the current pace, the two sides agreed to schedule meeting dates for December.