Nagalim: Government of India Holds Another Round of Talks with Naga
Centre held another round of talks with major insurgent group NSCN as part of the ongoing peace process in Nagaland to find a political solution to the vexed issue
Centre today held yet another round of talks with major insurgent
group NSCN (I-M) as part of the ongoing peace process in Nagaland to find a
political solution to the vexed issue. The parleys were held between Naga leaders
and a Group of Ministers set up by the Centre comprising Oscar Fernandes, Prithviraj
Chavan and S Regupathy. An NSCN (I-M) delegation led by its General Secretary
Th. Muivah had a half-an-hour meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday.
Muivah along with NSCN (I-M) Chairman Isaac Chisi Swu, returned from Nagaland last month after a nearly seven-week stay there. Swu and Muivah, who came to India for the second time in November end last year, had met the Prime Minister before going to Nagaland. They had come after a gap of three decades in January, 2003 to hold talks with the Vajpayee Government. The Naga leaders, who met Home Minister Shivraj Patil last week, have been demanding unification of Naga-dominated areas in Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, a move opposed by these states. This demand saw bloody clashes betwee Naga and Kuki tribes in 1990s and had triggered fresh round of unrest in Manipur three years back.
Source: New Delhi
