Farmers rest by a tractor parked in front of police barricade as they block a major highway during a protest against new farm laws at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border, India, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. They fear the laws passed in September will lead the government to stop buying grain at minimum guaranteed prices and result in exploitation by corporations who will push down prices. (ALTAF QADRI / AP)

NEW DELHI- The latest round of talks between India's protesting farmers and the federal government concluded without results on Saturday with both sides agreeing to continue the dialogue on Dec 9.

The fifth round of talks between farmers and the Indian government were held in the national capital New Delhi amid the farmers protests over new farm laws, which have lasted 10 days.

The fifth round of talks between farmers and the Indian government were held in the national capital New Delhi amid the farmers protests over new farm laws, which have lasted 10 days

The nearly five hours of talks were attended by 40 representatives from the farmers side, who were from the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha among others.

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The protesting farmers have been demanding the withdrawal of three new farm laws recently enacted by the Indian government, arguing that they were detrimental to their interests.

Federal Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal represented the Indian federal government in the dialogue with the farmers.

Ahead of the afternoon talks, a high-level meeting was held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior cabinet ministers including Tomar, Goyal and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss the farmers' issues.

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Media reports said that during the talks on Saturday, the government side had proposed amendments to the new farm laws, which were rejected by the farmers who demanded a complete withdrawal of the new laws.

The farmers had on Friday threatened to give a countrywide shutdown call on Dec. 8 if the government refused to yield to their demands.

At the end of Saturday's talks, the farmers' representatives said that they would stick to the countrywide shutdown call on Tuesday as a mark of continued protest.

Thousands of Indian farmers have been camping at inter-state borders around the national capital, where they were stopped by the Delhi police.

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