Framework Agreement has to be examined carefully to avoid confusion – NSCN (IM)

Dimapur, April 10 (EMN):  NSCN (IM) on Sunday asserted that Framework Agreement (FA) has to be examined carefully to avoid confusion as the agreement was signed based on the

‘principle core issues’ between the Government of India (GoI) and the NSCN.

NSCN(IM) accused former Interlocutor RN Ravi of misinforming and misleading the GoI and the Naga people about the Nagas’s stand.

“He misinformed the Parliament Standing Committee on the Framework Agreement

stating that earlier the Naga’s stand was to be ‘with India’ and not ‘within India’. But Ravi

claimed that understanding was reached to be “within India” and accordingly the

Framework Agreement was signed,” a press statement issued by MIP on Sunday stated.

NSCN (IM) said that Framework Agreement clearly mentioned that ‘dialogue between the Government of India and the NSCN’ had ‘successfully concluded and we are confident that it will provide for an enduring inclusive new relationship of peaceful coexistence of the two entities.”

“ In the true political interpretation, it means a relationship between India and Nagas to begin a new and a fresh unlike the present arrangements with oppressive nature but to co-exist as two friendly entities under the principle of shared sovereignty,” it read.

“However, the more crucial point for final settlement was inserted in the next paragraph. It

read, “The two sides agreed that within the Framework Agreement, details and execution

plan will be worked out and implemented shortly.” It refers to the competency that Ravi

miserably find difficult to formulate the details as agreed upon,” it added.

NSCN(IM) said he was therefore able to ‘divide the Nagas successfully’ and another agreement known as “Agreed Position” was signed with the Naga National Political Groups (NNPGs) and “started attacking the Framework Agreement and NSCN”.

 It said that Indo-Naga talk never concluded on October 31, 2019 “As seen today, we have been witnessing the negotiations that are still going on to resolve the core issues without which there is no foreseeable agreement.

“Significantly, as the Framework Agreement was signed in the presence of the Prime Minister

Mr. Narendra Modi and other high dignitaries who matters in running the government

affairs, unnecessary confusion should not be made an issue and should keep away the

Framework Agreement from becoming another betraying agreement as testified by the

Indo-Naga history,” it added.