In a significant development the NSCN-IM and the seven Naga National Political Groups (NNPG) have agreed to form the ‘Council of Naga Relationships and Cooperation’.
This decision was taken during a crucial two-day meeting held in Kolkata on 17 and 18 October between the two groups under the initiative of Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR).
This development comes in the backdrop of the 14 September Joint Accordant signed between the NSCN-IM and the seven NNPGs this year.
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The two groups – the NSCN-IM and the seven NNPGs – stated that in order to take the September Joint Accordant forward they resolved “to chart a path forward”.
The two-day meet in Kolkata was held in response to the Naga people’s yearning for reconciliation and unity, stated the NSCN-IM and the NNPGs. (Photo credit: FNR)
The Council of Naga Relationships and Cooperation will be led by the Convenor of NNPGs and the Chairman of NSCN to explore, at the earliest, “realistic ways” for Nagas to move forward on the basis of Naga historical and political rights.
The two groups stated that the two-day meet in Kolkata was held in response to the Naga people’s yearning for reconciliation and unity and added that the NSCN-IM and NNPGs met with a renewed spirit of commitment.
We shall overcome one day. There is nothing greater than working together towards healing, reconciliation, and a shared future. Honoured to walk with the Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR). pic.twitter.com/7Wfe9A6yh1
— Dolly Kikon (@DollyKikon) October 19, 2022
They further asserted that understanding the urgency to rise above their present condition, the NNPGs and the NSCN are committing themselves to the values of “Truth, Forgiveness, Justice, and Peace” as the discerning power to help the Naga negotiating parties to choose a shared future over the divisions of the past.
The Naga negotiating parties also urge the Naga public to jointly participate and support this process of shaping and building this future together.
Leaders of the NNPGs and the NSCN-IM along with FNR members held hands in prayer at the concluding session of the Kolkata Meeting, 17-18 October. (Photo credit: FNR)
Photo credit: FNR
Photo credit: FNR
