Government of India, NSCN (K) Niki extend ceasefire

DIMAPUR — The government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (K) Niki have extended the ceasefire agreement for a period of one year, a day before the earlier agreement expires on September 7.

The ceasefire will come into effect from September 9 2023 till September 7 2024, said an update from the Ministry of Home Affairs, adding that it is ‘to bring a lasting peace in Nagaland with the involvement of the Naga people’.

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“The ceasefire will be subject to adherence to the Ceasefire Ground Rules mutually agreed to and signed by the two sides. The Ceasefire Ground Rules will be subject to mutual review and amendment with the involvement of both the parties” it read.

The Niki Sumi-led NSCN (K) first entered into a ceasefire with the government of India on September 8, 2021, after its split with the NSCN (K) in 2019.

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