DIMAPUR, JULY 3 (MExN): The Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) has stated that it “highly appreciated as timely” and also termed as “encouraging” the recent press communiqués issued by the GPRN/NSCN and the NSCN (Khaplang) in the local newspapers of their continual support to the Forum for Naga Reconciliation and their expressed commitment to the “Covenant of Reconciliation” which was signed on June 13, 2009 by three Naga political groups and subsequently reaffirmed on September 18, 2010.
FNR encouraged by commitment to ‘Covenant of Reconciliation’
The FNR in a press note restated that it will “remain impartial towards all Naga political groups and will work until genuine reconciliation on the basis of the historical and political rights among the Nagas is achieved”. “The Covenant of Reconciliation being a commitment made before God and the Naga people must be upheld unreservedly by the signatories”, stated the FNR while expressing “its deep appreciation for the re-assurances it has received from the signatories of the COR in the backdrop of the present prevailing disturbances”.
“It is therefore only pertinent and realistic that all groups remain consistently vigilant as of now so that no internal and external force is allowed to take undue advantage of the Covenant of Reconciliation”, stated the press note. While admitting that “differences and difficulties remain within the Naga family”, the FNR appealed to the Naga political groups “to maintain status quo to the Covenant of Reconciliation and render all support to the Naga Reconciliation: A Journey of Common Hope, which is the “prayer” and general will of the Naga people.
FNR encouraged by commitment to ‘Covenant of Reconciliation’
The FNR in a press note restated that it will “remain impartial towards all Naga political groups and will work until genuine reconciliation on the basis of the historical and political rights among the Nagas is achieved”. “The Covenant of Reconciliation being a commitment made before God and the Naga people must be upheld unreservedly by the signatories”, stated the FNR while expressing “its deep appreciation for the re-assurances it has received from the signatories of the COR in the backdrop of the present prevailing disturbances”.
“It is therefore only pertinent and realistic that all groups remain consistently vigilant as of now so that no internal and external force is allowed to take undue advantage of the Covenant of Reconciliation”, stated the press note. While admitting that “differences and difficulties remain within the Naga family”, the FNR appealed to the Naga political groups “to maintain status quo to the Covenant of Reconciliation and render all support to the Naga Reconciliation: A Journey of Common Hope, which is the “prayer” and general will of the Naga people.
