Below is an article published by: The Calcutta Telegraph.

Top leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN) and the Government of the People’s Republic of Nagaland/National Socialist Council of Nagaland (GPRN/NSCN) met in Dimapur recently.

The meeting is a positive development in the ongoing Naga reconciliation process.

The GPRN/NSCN sources told this correspondent that the chairman of the NSCN, Isak Chishi Swu, recently met the general secretary of GPRN/NSCN, N. Kitovi Zhimomi, and his commander-in-chief Khole at an undisclosed location in Dimapur to take forward the ongoing Naga reconciliation process.

The peace process was initiated by the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) headed by Rev. Wati Aier, a Baptist clergyman, and supported by various Naga organisations, state government and international organisations.

Once popularly known as NSCN (Khaplang), the faction’s name has been changed to GPRN/NSCN, while the Isak and Muivah group known as NSCN (I-M) has retained its name NSCN/GPRN.

Deputy kilonser (minister) for information and publicity of the GPRN/NSCN, Vitoshe Sumi, said their general secretary and commander-in-chief had met Swu recently at Dimapur to discuss about the reconciliation process.

“They did meet at Dimapur recently,” he said, but remained tight-lipped about the location and outcome of the meeting even though he claimed the meeting ended on a positive note.

He expressed hope that the reconciliation process would move further with the meeting of three Naga rebel leaders after 23 years.

“This is a positive sign,” the spokesman for the GPRN/NSCN said. “We cannot disclose everything because of some reasons,” he added.

Sources said there would be some agencies active to sabotage or derail the Naga reconciliation process.

Some members of GPRN/NSCN still dislike Thuingaleng Muivah and his people (the Tangkhuls ) who are a formidable force in the NSCN and accused them of being a stumbling block in the reconciliation and unity effort. Muivah, however, said he was committed to the reconciliation process.

The NSCN could not be contacted for its comment about the meeting.

Last year in September, NSCN general secretary and chief negotiator in the current Naga peace talks with the Centre, Muivah, general secretary of GPRN/NSCN, Zhimomi, and president of the Federal Government of Nagaland (Singnya), S. Singnya, met in Dimapur and vowed to take forward the Naga reconciliation process to put a stop to violence in Naga society.

But the NSCN said the chairman of the GPRN/NSCN, S.S. Khaplang, was opposed to Naga reconciliation quoting sources from the rival group. The NSCN accused the rival group of being non-committal to the reconciliation process.

Naga organisations and the hohos have asked for meeting of top leaders of all Naga factions, but the GPRN/NSCN said its chairman Khaplang has not come out till date because of intrusion of NSCN cadres in “eastern Nagaland” (Myanmar).