(L-R) Chief Negotiator and General Secretary of NSCN/GPRN Thuingaleng Muivah signing the joint statement at New Delhi on Monday. Interlocutor and Government of India representative RS Pandey putting his signature to the joint statement at New Delhi on Monday.
DIMAPUR, JULY 18 (MExN): In a significant push to the decade long peace process and after countess round of political talks between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim Isak and Muivah group, a set of proposals for an honorable political settlement seems to have been negotiated upon although everything has not yet been mutually agreed upon or finalized.
Joint Statement announces set of proposals for an honorable political settlement
Negotiating teams of the Government of India (GoI) and the NSCN/GPRN met on Monday, July 18, 2011 at New Delhi. The GoI team was led by the GoI’s Representative and Interlocutor, Mr. R S Pandey and the NSCN team was led by its Chief Negotiator, General Secretary, Mr. Thuingaleng Muivah.
According to a joint statement issued today, it was stated that “sustained negotiations over the past few months have led to a set of proposals for an honourable political settlement based on the uniqueness of Naga history and situation which was recognized by the GoI in 2002, as well as the contemporary realities and a future vision consistent with the imperatives of the 21st century”.
The Joint Statement signed by RS Pandey, Interlocutor, Representative of the Government of India and Th. Muivah, Chief Negotiator and General Secretary of the NSCN pointed out that “while the differences between the two parties have narrowed, some of the proposals would require further negotiations to reach a mutually acceptable solution”.
Also significant was the point made that both the parties are confident in working out a settlement in the shortest possible time “by appreciating and respecting each other’s positions and difficulties”.
Joint Statement announces set of proposals for an honorable political settlement
Negotiating teams of the Government of India (GoI) and the NSCN/GPRN met on Monday, July 18, 2011 at New Delhi. The GoI team was led by the GoI’s Representative and Interlocutor, Mr. R S Pandey and the NSCN team was led by its Chief Negotiator, General Secretary, Mr. Thuingaleng Muivah.
According to a joint statement issued today, it was stated that “sustained negotiations over the past few months have led to a set of proposals for an honourable political settlement based on the uniqueness of Naga history and situation which was recognized by the GoI in 2002, as well as the contemporary realities and a future vision consistent with the imperatives of the 21st century”.
The Joint Statement signed by RS Pandey, Interlocutor, Representative of the Government of India and Th. Muivah, Chief Negotiator and General Secretary of the NSCN pointed out that “while the differences between the two parties have narrowed, some of the proposals would require further negotiations to reach a mutually acceptable solution”.
Also significant was the point made that both the parties are confident in working out a settlement in the shortest possible time “by appreciating and respecting each other’s positions and difficulties”.
