After India, it will be Myanmar: NSCN-K

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"Mokokchung (Nagaland), July 1. � The NSCN-K will turn its attention to Myanmar after the Naga political problem is settled with India and bring all Nagas together in "one sovereign country. The NSCN-K and the Centre declared a ceasefire on 28 April after about a year of "informal" truce. "The NSCN-K general secretary and "prime minister" of the "government of People?s Republic of Nagaland", Mr N Kitovi Zhimomi, told The Statesman somewhere in Mokokchung district that half the Naga population lives in Myanmar and his organisation cannot rest till they (Nagas in Myanmar) and their land are freed from Myanmarese occupation and integrated with other Nagas and the areas inhabited by them in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and the present state of Nagaland as on sovereign nation..."

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Dipankar Roy

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The Statesman (New Delhi) via Mizzima

Date of Publication: 

2001-07-02

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2010-12-13

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