No breakthrough in peace talks before Christmas: Nagaland CM

Kohima: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said no breakthrough is likely to be achieved in the ongoing Naga peace talks before Christmas.

Naga negotiators have returned from New Delhi and “no breakthrough is likely to be achieved before Christmas as talks will resume only after this festive season”, he said on Monday on the sidelines of a programme at Chiephobozou on the outskirts of Kohima.

On contesting the assembly elections in Nagaland due early next year, he said the state government has already told the Naga groups that if a solution is not achieved, the state administration must not be blamed as it is only the facilitator.

“I have told them that when the election will be announced, we have to participate in it and that should not be misunderstood,” he said.

Rio said elected representatives have decided that no campaigning will be done till the festive season is over as the 60-member assembly is together in seeking a solution to the Naga political issue.

The Union government has been holding separate talks with the NSCN-IM and the Working Committee of Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) since 1997 and 2017 respectively.

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