Naga issue | Signing of new pact to bring new developments, says Neiphiu Rio
The Hindu
Talks resumed almost after a gap of two years following the appointment of A K Mishra as the new interlocutor in September this year.
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Tuesday said the signing of a new agreement between the Centre and any of the negotiating groups to find a solution to the vexed Naga issue would bring new developments and make the state “very very special”.
The Union Government has been holding two separate parleys with the NSCN(IM) since 1997 and the Naga National Political Group (NNPGs) comprising seven groups since 2017.
“The negotiations are going on. They are the negotiating parties and I cannot say what is going to happen or what is happening. It is for them to say (something on the issue),” Mr. Rio told reporters on the sidelines of an official programme.