Nagaland: Meeting on truce extension on Jul 31

JulKohima, Jul 30: The crucial meeting on the ceasefire extension between the Central Government and the NSCN-IM will begin at the Dimapur Circuit House tomorrow.

Nagaland Commissioner T N Mannen today told UNI that Union Labour Minister Oscar Fernandes would lead a high-powered team for the talks on the 10th extension of ceasefire between the two parties, where interlocutor of the Union Government K Padmanabhaiah, Intelligence Bureau Chief Ajit Lal and Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs Naveen Verma would also assist the Minister among others in the delegation.

The meeting would be very crucial as the present term of ceasefire will expire tomorrow and the meeting is likely to discuss many other issues like inter-factional clashes, territorial integration and amendment of ceasefire ground rules, which is the demand of both the factions of the NSCN as well as the State Government.

The collective leadership of the NSCN-IM, Chairman Isak Chishi Swu and General Secretary Thuingleng Muivah, are presently camping at Camp Hebron, about 40 kms from Dimapur.

Meanwhile, security has been beefed up in and around Dimapur and strict vigilance provided in all vulnerable points by the Assam Rifles, CRPF, Indian Reserve Battalion, Nagaland Armed Police, besides the Nagaland police to thwart any incident that may challenge the law and order, official sources said here today.

UNI