FNR keeps hope alive

“Hopefully things will subside soon,” says Convenor

DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 9 (NNN): In spite of the serious hiccup faced by the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) following the re-emergence of factional clashes among Naga underground groups after a gap of five years, FNR Convenor Dr. Rev. Wati Aier has not lost hope of his mission.

Speaking to Newmai News Network today, Dr. Wati Aier said they are closely monitoring the prevailing situation and “hopefully things will subside soon.” The FNR Convenor said the Forum is silently working towards fulfilling its mission. “You see, reconciliation is not a magic lamp but only a process.”

Dr. Wati Aier’s comment came amid heightening clashes among Naga underground groups at the moment. Formed in 2008 to reconcile warring Naga underground outfits, FNR members, drawn from various Naga civil bodies, activists and intellectuals, have organised football matches for the Naga underground outfits both in Nagaland and abroad. 

Several reconciliation meetings were also convened under the aegis of FNR in Nagaland, Thailand and elsewhere. Following these, the warring Naga underground organisations had ceased to fight among themselves both physically and in the media.

Numerous agreements were also signed among the Naga underground outfits to stop hostility among them. However, clashes among the militant outfits cropped up again few months ago and even day before, a cadre from NSCN-K was killed by a rival group in Tizit town, Mon district, Nagaland.