Tezpur (Assam): ULFA (United Liberation Front of Assam) ideologue Bhimkanta Burhagohain, who was handed over to India by Bhutan, today (Dec 28, 2003) said after being dislodged from the Himalayan kingdom, the outlawed outfit was now giving more priority to setting up camps in Myanmar even as he appealed to both the militant group and the Centre to agree on a ceasefire and solve the problems through negotiations.

Unlike before, ULFA was now giving more priority to setting up camps in Myanmar over Bangladesh, he said before being produced in court.

Myanmar has already assured India that it would not allow its soil to be used for anti-India subversive activities. In the past couple of months, the Myanmarese Army has overrun the camps of Northeastern insurgents, including those from Nagaland and Manipur.

Burhagohain asked both New Delhi and ULFA to stop actions against each other and sit across the table to find a solution to the vexed issue.

He said he had earlier pointed out to the ULFA top brass Arabinda Rajkhowa and Paresh Barua to shift the Bhutan camps to a safer country, but they did not respond.

He termed the Bhutan Army offensive against insurgents as a "betrayal as we had talks with them on shifting our camps since 2001".

"Ultimately under the guidance of the Indian Army, they launched their Army operation against us. We had never imagined that we would be attacked when the talks were on," he said.