The
Times of India reports that
despite the absence of top National
Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak
Muivah (NSCN-IM)
leaders, the Forum for Naga Reconciliation
(FNR) held its meeting for reconciling
rival Naga groups in Chiang Mai,
Thailand, on May 26. NSCN-Khole-Kiotovi
‘chairman’ Khole Konyak and ‘general
secretary’ Kitovi Zhimomi, Naga
national Council (NNC) ‘president’
Singnya and ‘vice president’ Zhopra
Vero attended the meeting. The meeting,
convened "to hammer out Naga
political differences", was
FNR's attempt to create a space
to constructively address all misunderstandings
between various groups and bring
rebel leaders to transcend factional
interest for the Naga future. NSCN
and NNC leaders said it would not
be appropriate in the absence of
the NSCN-IM to take any decision
affecting the future of the Nagas
which must be rooted in the historical
and political rights of the Nagas
"established by the leaders
of the Naga political movements."
They added that they were committed
to seeking reconciliation for the
greater cause of Nagas. The leaders
jointly echoed that another meeting
with top leaders of all the groups
will be convened at the earliest
as the differences need to be sorted
out face to face. FNR said, "Since
we are faced with numerous problems,
we are trying to resolve them through
collective understanding, for which
we have been undertaking this "journey
of common hope." |
