• Meets NSCN (K) representative for review and resumption of ceasefire • Calls on the 5 Naga MPs of Myanmar at Nay Pyi Taw • Meets U Aung-min, Vice Chairman, National Ceasefire Agreement • Interacts with Vipin Sharma, Consul at the Consulate General of India
DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 4 (MExN): On a peace mission, a joint team of Naga Hoho and Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organization (ENPO) met representative of NSCN (K) in Myanmar to request for review and resumption of the unilateral abrogation of cease fire by the NSCN (K) with the Government of India.
A joint statement from ENPO general secretary Manlang Phom and Naga Hoho general secretary Meitsikhoyo Yhobu, which was also submitted to Nagaland Chief Minister, said the eight member team met Kyaw Win Swe, an Emissary from the Ceasefire Monitoring Group of NSCN (K) at Mandalay on January 31, 2016.
“The ENPO and the Naga Hoho, on behalf of the Nagaland state government and the people of the state in general expressed the views for peace and stability for bringing an amicable solution to the protracted Indo-Myanmar-Naga issue,” the statement read.
An official and a formal letter signed by all eight (8) delegations addressed to SS Khaplang, Chairman, NSCN (K) was submitted through the Emissary, where the contents appealed to the NSCN (K) leadership for the review and resumption of the ceasefire with the Government of India.
The team also expressed the public views and appealed for equally strengthening the ceasefire by the NSCN (K) with the Myanmar Government (socially and politically) at the highest level.
The peace mission was undertaken on the official request of the Parliamentary Working Committee (PWC) of the Nagaland State Legislative Assembly. The team had undertaken the assignment from January 24 till February 2. Earlier, upon reaching Mandalay, the team went to Nay Pyi Taw on January 26 and called on the 5 Naga MPs of Myanmar and discussed on the initiatives to meet the NSCN (K) leadership.
The team also met the Myanmar Union Minister, U Aung-min, who is also Vice Chairman, National Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on the initiative of the Naga MPs of Myanmar on January 27. The meeting was cordial and open where several issues relating to peace-building between the two nations, and also, the Naga issues on both sides (Indo-Myanmar) were discussed, the press statement informed.
Further, the joint team also met and interacted with Vipin Sharma, Consul at the Consulate General of India, Mandalay, Myanmar.
