NSCN-IM General Secretary Th Muivah landed in New Delhi on Tuesday afternoon in a private chartered plane to resume talks with the GoI representative A K Mishra.

Th Muivah’s visit to New Delhi and his participation in the talks are being seen as a significant development and have also raised hopes for a possible breakthrough in the decades old pending Indo-Naga political issue.

After months of stalemate, the NSCN-IM and GoI had resumed talks on 21 September. The delegation was led by NSCN-IM leader V S Atem.

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Four rounds of talks have been held so far. The two negotiating parties had taken a break due to the festivities and with the arrival of Th Muivah in the national capital, talks are expected to resume anytime soon.

Mention may be made that the Core Committee on Naga Political Issue (CCoNPI) led by Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio had met Naga Peace Interlocutor A K Mishra on 8 September and requested to resume talks based on the Framework Agreement and the competency clauses formulated by former interlocutors, viz R S Pandey and R N Ravi.

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Subsequently, the Committee met Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 12 September requesting for the intervention of the prime minister and the home minister.

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During the meeting, the home minister entrusted the Committee to impress upon the NSCN-IM to resume talks and come to a logical conclusion.

Later, a meeting between the CCoNPI and NSCN-IM was held on 18 September, followed by the talks resuming on 21 September.