Dhaka, Aug 20 - The Bangladesh government has said it would press ahead with vacating army camps as per the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord, allaying security concerns of the Bengali population in the Buddhist tribal region.

A high level committee formed to see the pact's implementation, 12 years after it was signed, said there was no security threat following the withdrawal of temporary army camps from CHT.

'It's our duty to implement the accord fully as soon as possible since the previous Awami League government signed it with the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity,' said committee convener and deputy leader of parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury who chaired the meeting in Rangamati, the CHT headquarters.

'I don't see any security crisis following the withdrawal of one brigade of troops and 35 temporary army camps,' said Chowdhury in an ostensible reference to protests by some Bengali groups.