Isak Swu and Khaplang Meeting Unlikely: NSCN-K

Despite consistent efforts by Forum for Naga Reconciliation (FNR) to facilitate a meeting at the highest level among leadership of Naga groups, NSCN(K) has asserted that such a meeting between its president S S Khaplang and NSCN-IM chief Isak Chishi Swu is unlikely.

Refuting media reports about visit of Khaplang, the Burmese Naga, to Nagaland for a meeting with Swu who is now in New Delhi, as part of FNR initiated Naga reconciliation process, NSCN-K president’s office in a statement yesterday said there was "no truth in it (report)".

"NSCN chairman has not given any consent on meeting Isak," spokesman P Tikhak said in the statement.

At the initiative of FNR, NSCN-IM chairman, NSCN-K chief and NNC/FGN president S Singiya had signed "Covenant of Reconciliation" in 2009 at Siang Mai in Thailand.

Although Covenant of Re-conciliation was signed based on the 'historical and political rights' of the Nagas, 'unless the historical and political rights are honoured there is no question of meeting,' the statement asserted.

NSCN-K chairman agreed to sign the Covenant of Re-conciliation hoping to bring peace and an end to fratricidal killings, the statement said.

"But, NSCN-IM are continuing their parleys with that same agenda and many more secret agendas in hand; which is not acceptable and hence it is also not possible to reconcile with the people with an ulterior motive," the spokesman said.

The statement declared that "we withdraw all our commitment on re-conciliation from those parties who had committed a national crime by selling the sovereign rights of the Nagas to the occupational forces".

The group affirmed that 'sovereignty' was the only solution for Nagas, saying "nothing less than it was acceptable or will be acceptable for the Nagas".