NEW DELHI: After a gap of nearly a year, peace talks between militant group NSCN-IM and the Centre will resume in the Netherlands later this month as
part of efforts to resolve the decades-old Naga issue.
"We will hold the next round of negotiation with the Central Government in the last week of October in The Hague," NSCN-IM leader D G Robert said.
NSCN-IM chairman Isak Chishi Swu and general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah will represent the group while the government will be led by Union Minister Oscar Fernandes, he said.
The meeting is considered crucial as it will be held after a gap of almost one year during which NSCN-IM raised question mark over the government's sincerity in resolving the issue.
Muivah, who was in India for almost a year, left for the Netherlands earlier this month to join Swu.
The government has held over 60 rounds of talks with the NSCN-IM to find an amicable solution to the vexed issue.
"The next round of talks will be significant as it will be held after a gap of almost one year," said Mani Charenmai, MP from Nagaland.
The NSCN-IM has been pressing for formation of a 'greater Nagalim' comprising all Naga-inhabited areas in the northeast. However, this has been opposed by Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
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part of efforts to resolve the decades-old Naga issue.
"We will hold the next round of negotiation with the Central Government in the last week of October in The Hague," NSCN-IM leader D G Robert said.
NSCN-IM chairman Isak Chishi Swu and general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah will represent the group while the government will be led by Union Minister Oscar Fernandes, he said.
The meeting is considered crucial as it will be held after a gap of almost one year during which NSCN-IM raised question mark over the government's sincerity in resolving the issue.
Muivah, who was in India for almost a year, left for the Netherlands earlier this month to join Swu.
The government has held over 60 rounds of talks with the NSCN-IM to find an amicable solution to the vexed issue.
"The next round of talks will be significant as it will be held after a gap of almost one year," said Mani Charenmai, MP from Nagaland.
The NSCN-IM has been pressing for formation of a 'greater Nagalim' comprising all Naga-inhabited areas in the northeast. However, this has been opposed by Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.
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