Overseas’ Nagas laud reconciliation pact

Dimapur, June 24 : The Overseas Naga Association welcomes the ‘Covenant of Reconciliation’ reached recently among the NSCN and FGN groups. A note from the ONA today lauded the efforts of the three Naga “national” organizations to come together and resolve their differences through dialogue for the sake of a better future for the Naga people. The note signed by the association’s president Visier Sanyu and secretary general Paul Pimomo also thanked the Forum for Naga Reconciliation for facilitating the process.
The association has pledged its full support to the reconciliation process and appealed to all Nagas living in every part of “our divided homeland, in India, and around the world to speak for and help unite our people behind this historic effort.”
Pointing out that Nagas have a long way to go, the overseas’ Nagas said Nagas are a people who have been dealt an unfortunate political hand and that “memories of violence from the past accompany us anywhere we live”.
“There’s no running away from them and more recently Naga-on-Naga violence has made our land seem doomed to an irreversible curse. So this news of the Covenant of Reconciliation brings us much hope and allows us to dream again of a vibrant people in a peaceful and prosperous homeland.” The association prays that the journey to a complete realization of the ‘covenant’ will be short and full of blessings for all involved.