Guwahati, Dec. 21: The Royal Bhutan government has warned militant outfits from Assam and West Bengal that it would be left with no option but to use military force if Indian insurgents did not leave their camps in the Himalayan Kingdom peacefully.
King Jigme Singe Wangchuk, addressing the nation, said his government would soon hold talks with the militant outfits, asking them to leave the country.
?Our objective during the talks will be to ensure that the militants remove their main camp, which serves as their headquarters, from Bhutanese territory. If our efforts to resolve this problem peacefully do not yield results and the militants from Assam and North Bengal refuse to leave our country through the process of peaceful dialogue, we will be left with no option but to use our military forces to remove them from Bhutan,? the King said.
His address was posted on the Internet edition of the national daily, Kuensel, today.
Appealing to countrymen to be prepared for consequences of a military offensive against the militant outfits, the King said: ?This will result in a war. It is very important for all of us to be fully aware that in such a situation, the security of the country will be threatened. We will have to face loss of lives and economic hardship and all sections of Bhutanese people will be seriously affected.?
The 80th session of the Bhutan?s national assembly had called for a dialogue with the militants to persuade them to leave Bhutan or use of military force if the talks fail.