The State Government was willing to solve the Naxalite problem through negotiations, he told PTI while speaking on the law and order issue in the State.

The issues to be discussed during negotiations could be finalised later but it was important to begin talking to Naxalites, the Minister said.

Patel said the Naxalite problem was confined to five or six districts in the State and other states like Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Orissa, the State Home Minister said.

Top police officials of the four Naxalite-affected states had already met and their fourth meeting would be held in Orissa while the fifth would take place in Bhopal, he said.

Madhya Pradesh was at present the most peaceful state in the country, the Minister claimed, adding that the law and order situation in the State was ``much better'' thanMaharashtra and Gujarat.

The crushing to death of a college girl by four youths in Amibkapur and the beating to death of two students in Shahdol district did not indicate that the law and order situation in the State was bad, he added.