Nagaland: CFMG meeting held at Kohima

Kohima, Aug 12: A Cease-Fire Monitoring Group (CFMG) meeting between the Central and Nagaland government representatives along with NSCN-IM militanta was held here yesterday.

Official sources here today said the meeting was attended by Lt Gen (Retd) R V Kulkarni, CFMG chairman Maj Gen K S Dethi, Inspector General of the Assam Rifles, DIG (Ops) of the CRPF, state DGP J Changkija, state Additional Chief Secretary T N Mannen, state Home Commissioner Sentiyanger, while the NSCN-IM team was led by Brig Phungthing Shimrang.

Sources said it was a routine meeting to review the implementation of the Cease-Fire Ground Rules.

The meeting also discussed the desire of the people for peace in the state and the initiative of the Joint Forum of the Gaon Burah (GB) Association and Dobhashis (DB) Union, who declared cease-fire among all the underground factions in Nagaland.

UNI