Dimapur, November 5 (MExN): The fifth meeting of the Naga “political groups” (factions) and the Forum for Naga Reconciliation was held November 4-5 in Dimapur. The meeting explored ways to create options and find ways to strengthen the ongoing ‘journey of common hope’, the forum for Naga reconciliation today said.
“In their continued commitment to reconciliation, 35 participants comprising the Forum for Naga Reconciliation and the various Naga political groups agreed to pursue creatively in overcoming hurdles and obstacles towards reconciliation” a statement from the forum today informed. According to the forum, in the recent meeting unlike the past ones, the Forum for Naga Reconciliation and the Naga underground factions, the participants, spent overnight together in one house, engaging in formal and informal discussions and partaking in devotion and prayers.
Recognizing that the realization of Naga rights is the shared yearning that bonds all Naga people, the forum said, the participants upheld Naga reconciliation as a process to address and overcome various political differences, to safeguard and strengthen the historical and political rights of the Nagas.
“The Forum for Naga Reconciliation expresses our profound gratitude to the leaders of the Naga political groups (factions) for exercising their utmost restraint despite difficult circumstances; and for heeding to the Naga people’s call for reconciliation, unity and peace. The forum implores the leaders of the Naga political groups to continue exploring all possible non-violent options to resolve differences and to building a consensus on a common hope” the forum appealed.
The two-day meeting which concluded today was the fifth occasion that the Naga factions were meeting together in Nagaland since the month of September. Unlike past meetings, the forum informed that “the participants spent the overnight together in one house, engaging in formal and informal discussions and partaking in devotion and prayer.”
