Sovereignty, integration still on talks agenda: Muivah

KOHIMA: The NSCN(IM) general secretary, Th Muivah, has told the Nagas that sovereignty and integration are still on the talks agenda.
The NSCN(IM) signed a ceasefire pact with the Centre on August 1, 1997, and both sides have been holding discussions since then.
In a statement, Muivah said, “The NSCN had neither intentionally nor consciously given up on these issues as they remained the inherent rights of the Nagas.We have not endangered the Naga people’s aspirations on sovereignty and integration and neither will we in the days to come.” Muivah informed the Nagas and all others that ‘the Government of India (GoI) and the Nagas, represented by the NSCN, are in the process of working out an honourable political solution acceptable to both.’ However, he noted that in a political negotiation, no party can expect cent per cent victory. “Political negotiation is a process of give and take between two entities or parties and we are moving forward positively,” he said, acknowledging the amount of time this has taken.