Crucial CFMG meet on ground rules implementation

Kohima, July 3 (UNI) With the terms of current ceasefire between the Government and the NSCN-IM, due to expire on July 31 next, a crucial meeting of the Cease Fire Monitoring Group (CFMG) was held at Dimapur yesterday to discuss various issues pertaining to implementation of the Ceasefire Ground Rules.

According to official sources here today, the meeting took place between the CFMG, constituted by the GoI under the Chairmanship of Lt Gen (Retd) R V Kulkarni and the Cease-Fire Monitoring Cell (CFMC) of the NSCN-IM Maj Gen K S Sethi, Director General of Police J Chankija, Second Commandant of CRPF Ajay Mishra, Special Secretary (Home) Z Lotha, Secretary John Anal, and Members among Yimchunger and Neituo Angami. .

Talking to newspersons after the meeting Gen Sethi said that the CFMG had been pressing both the rival NSCN groups to avoid confrontation and expressed his partial happiness over the move of the NSCN cadres towards their respective designated camps.

Terming the development as 'very positive', he said there was an evidence from both the NSCN factions of having retreated back to their designated camps.

On the persisting tension at Phek town, the district headquarters of Phek, he informed that the CFMG had instructed the NSCN-IM to pull out from civilian areas of Phek town.

Gen Sethi also maintained that the Assam Rifles is a neutral force and rubbished the claims of both NSCN factions of being biased.

Showing rarticiration Mr Shimrang said NSCN-IM had been confined to the designated areas and that the GoI should be more realistic and sincere, while enforcing the ground rules, but some of their cadres had to move out of the camps when the rival factions create an adverse situation.

The NSCN-IM was open to any public initiative aimed at ushering solutions he said.

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