The framework agreement, signed between the Government of India and the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Isak Muivah) in August 2015, will give Nagas “maximum sovereign power”, NSCN (IM) general secretary Thuingaleng Muivah said, even as he pointed out that the agreement talks about “co-existence” and shared sovereignty of “two entities.”
“The ‘Framework Agreement’ will give the Nagas maximum sovereign power to grow into a developed political people and it will also strengthen the security of India,” Mr Muivah told a council meeting of the NSCN (IM) at its headquarters in Hebron near Dimapur in Nagaland on Wednesday.
Unique identity
Reflecting on the terms of the agreement, which have been kept under wraps, Mr. Muivah, who was re-elected as general secretary for six years at the council meeting, said, “The historic ‘Framework Agreement’ recognises the unique history, the identity, the sovereignty, [and] the territories of the Nagas.”
He pointed out that the agreement “also recognises the legitimate right of the Nagas to integration of all Naga territories”.
But, in the same breath, he also said the agreement talks about ‘co-existence of the two entities and share-sovereignty of the two entities’.
Particulars revealed
This is the first time since the agreement was signed that the NSCN (IM) has spoken about the crux of the agreement.
Expressing the hope that talks with the Government of India will conclude soon, Mr. Muivah said the NSCN (IM) is now fully “engaged in political talks with the Government of India for working out an honourable political solution”.
