New Delhi, March 3
The NSCN-IM today held the first formal parleys with the Centre since top rebel leader Thuingaleng Muivah arrived in the country in December last year, and the two sides agreed to continue discussions to find a solution to the insurgency in Nagaland.
"The outcome was very positive, and we had respectable discussions," senior NSCN-IM leader R H Raising, who was part of the group's four-member team at the talks, said.
The NSCN-IM team led by Muivah and the government delegation headed by union minister of state Oscar Fernandes held "detailed discussions on political issues" during the talks that lasted about 90 minutes, Raising said without giving details.
The two sides agreed to meet again later in March, possibly in the last week of the month. "It is imperative for both sides to continue these discussions," Raising said.
Home secretary V.K. Duggal and former home secretary K. Padmanabhaiah, the interlocutor for the Naga talks, were part of the government team.
— PTI
