NEW DELHI, JUL 29 (IANS): There is no breakdown in the ongoing talks here with the rebel National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah), the central government’s interlocutor RS Pandey said

Thursday.
“Talks are being held here in a cordial atmosphere. It will resume in the coming days,” Pandey told IANS.
Pandey’s statement comes amidst media reports and speculation in security circles that the talks were “not moving ahead”.
The interlocutor said there were talks Wednesday between him and NSCN-IM general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah. “Today we had informal interactions. The talks will continue in the coming days.”
“We have been able to reach agreement on certain issues. We have yet to agree on certain other issues. But the talks will continue,” he said.
During talks Thursday, they reviewed the issues covered in the past few months, Pandey said. He said the two sides are trying to “narrow down the differences and reach better understanding”.
Pandey said Muivah, who arrived here 10 days ago, had met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P Chidambaram. NSCN-IM leaders had met the prime minister and other leaders in March too, he said.
The NSCN-IM, the major rebel group of Nagaland, has held nearly 50 round of talks in India and abroad with the centre’s interlocutors, since the organisation signed the historic ceasefire agreement with the government in August 1977.
Meanwhile, reports from Kohima said the United Naga Council (UNC) has threatened to resume the economic blockade on Manipur if the “demands of the Naga people are not accepted by July 31 by the centre”.
Pandey told IANS that the “UNC threat and talks with NSCN, which are proceeding in an cordial atmosphere, were two separate issues”.

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