'Naga issue will be decided by Nagas in Myanmar and India'
Call for reunification of Nagas raised
Source: The Sangai Express / Courtesy TNT

Zingkaling Khamti, February 15 2016: Council of Naga Affairs (CNA), the apex body of Naga people in Myanmar has said, reunification and National reconciliation of Nagas from both the countries will be achieved soon with the right approach and participation of stakeholders.

The council asserted that the issue of Naga sovereignty will not be decided by Nagas in Myanmar alone but by the Nagas from all Naga inhabited areas.

A statement issued by Press Bureau, Council of Naga Affairs maintained that the council is the apex body of the Naga people in Myanmar as endorsed by the Naga public in the Conference of the Naga Nationals held on November 27 through December 1, 2014 at Zingkaling Khamti, the ancestral headquarters of the Naga people in Myanmar.

"Council of Naga Affairs is neither an armed group nor a Myanmar Government puppet but a pure and genuine civilian representative body of the Naga people, that came into being with the unanimous voice of the Nagas from all walks of life during the Conference, mandated to represent wishes and desires of the Naga people, within and outside of Myanmar-made Naga Self-Administered Zone, in the matters of social, cultural, economic, political and religious affairs of the Naga people in Eastern Nagaland, Myanmar" .

The council informed that formation of the Council is to strengthen the role and participation of Nagas from Myanmar in the larger interest of Naga people from both the countries that compel the Nagas to stand as two separate peoples so that reunified homeland of the Naga people will be realized at God's appointed time.

The council committed to transparency and accountability in matter that involves council on behalf of the Naga people in Myanmar, and also welcomed to work with the Naga organizations based in India for a shared future based on the principles set.

"Having best understood the fragile nature of Indo-Burma-Naga conflict from the eastern sector, the council is rendered with the responsibility by the public to safeguard, guide and represent the people in peaceful and non-violent manner" .

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