NEW DELHI, MAY 19 (PTI): The two-day talks between the NSCN (IM) and the Government began in Amsterdam today amid increasing pressure from the Naga outfit seeking an early and “honourable” settlement of the more than five-decade-old problem.
“The talks have begun. We are holding informal discussions today. We will hold formal parleys tomorrow,” Centre’s pointsman for Naga talks and Union Minister Oscar Fernandes told PTI over phone from the Netherlands city. “We are discussing all relevant issues in the talks and I am hopeful of a positive outcome,” he said.
In the talks, the government is being represented by Fernandes and interlocutor K Padmanabhaiah while the NSCN (IM) side is led by its Chairman Isaac Chishi Swu and General Secretary Thuingaleng Muivah. NSCN (IM) has been demanding a clear government stand on unification of Naga-inhabitated areas in the North East as well as an early and “honourable” settlement to the problem.
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