Tribes of Nagaland must decide their future themselves: GPRN/NSCN

EMN Dimapur, November 30 Three Naga political groups - GPRN/NSCN under Gen. (Retd) Khole and N Kitovi Zhimomi, NNC under Z Royim Yimchungru and V Nagi, FGN/NNC under Brig. (Retd) Shingnya and Zopra Vero - met at Khehoi Designated Camp of the GPRN/NSCN on November 29. The meeting acknowledged that the agreement which SS Khaplang concluded with Myanmar government for the welfare of Nagas in Myanmar was necessary. The present dialogue between the government of India and the NSCN (IM which is heading towards a solution for the Naga people living in the state of Manipur was also shared in the meeting. The leaders of three NPGs acknowledged that if Th. Muivah settles for autonomy status for the Nagas in Manipur, it should considered as the best option at a present time, the GPRN/NSCN said in a release issued by its MIP on Sunday. Declaring that the people of Nagaland are responsible for their own future, the leaders of the three NPGs, therefore, while maintaining solidarity and social attachments with Nagas outside Nagaland state agreed in principle the tribes of Nagaland must come together at all levels so that their political future is decided by themselves and not by their brethren from Myanmar, Manipur, Arunachal or Assam. The leaders also decided to issue a joint statement stating that since Naga brethren in other Naga inhabited areas have decided to pursue their own political agendas, the time has come for Nagas of Nagaland to seek a political solution which would enable future Naga generations to progress with the rest of the world and live with respect and dignity in their ancestral land.