NEW DELHI, OCT 16 (PTI): Amid reports of clashes between rival factions of Naga rebels, the government will hold talks with the top leadership of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak-Muivah) in Amsterdam for three days beginning Tuesday where the group may toughten its stand on unification of Naga-inhabited areas.
A Group of Ministers, headed by Union Minister Oscar Fernandes, has left for the Netherlands to hold parleys with NSCN (I-M) representatives led by Chairman Isaac Chisi Swu and general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah and is expected to discuss all “substantive” issues for a solution to the country’s oldest insurgency problem, sources said on Monday.
The reports of clashes between NSCN (I-M) and its rival NSCN (Khaplang) cadres, which have resulted in killing of several people in the recent past, may figure in the talks. The NSCN (I-M) is likely to demand immediate government action to “control” the cadres of NSCN (K), which also has a ceasefire pact with the Centre, since such incidents may increase further tension in Nagaland, sources said. The meeting will review the progress made ever since the rebels submitted a 20-point “Charter of Demands” to the government.
