NAGALAND: CEASEFIRE PACT WITH INSURGENT GROUPS EXTENDED ONE MORE YEAR

The Central government it has extended a ceasefire agreement with insurgent groups in Nagaland for one year affecting from April 28. The ceasefire agreement is between the central government and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland(Reformation) and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland(Neopao Konyak/Kitovi).

The agreement was signed on Thursday by Joint Secretary Satyendra Garg on behalf of Home Ministry, Jack Jimomi, supervisor GPRN/NSCN) and Viniho Kiho Swu, co-supervisor) on behalf of NSCN/NK, and Toshi Longkumer on behalf of NSCN/R. A ceasefire is in operation between Central government, NSCN/NK and NSCN/R.

The two insurgent groups, which operate in Nagaland, are among several other armed groups of the state such as NSCN (Isak-Muivah) and NSCN(Khaplang).

While the NSCN(I-M) has entered into a ceasefire agreement in 1997 and has been maintaining it since then, the pact with NSCN(K) has been broken after the group attacked a military convoy in Manipur in June 2015, killing 18 soldiers.