Kohima, 5 April (MTNews): The Global Naga Forum (GNF), while welcoming the G20 Summit Delegation, has urged them for ‘Peaceful Resolution of the 75-year old Indo-Naga Political Problem & Sustainable Economic Growth of the Naga Homeland and the Region.’
The GNF through an open public appeal on 4 April said that the Naga Homeland comprises not only the State of Nagaland but parts of Manipur, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh in India and in northwest Myanmar.
In its two-part appeal, the GNF urged the delegation for “diplomatic intervention with the Government of India to resume and complete the negotiation for a peaceful resolution of the Indo-Naga political problem, including the repeal of AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958).”
Secondly, it sought assistance with investments and expertise “to help us grow our economy and develop our homeland into an ecologically rich and thriving democracy.”
“We are making these two related appeals together because Naga people know – from our experience of the last seven decades of political imposition and military oppression by India and Myanmar – that without political self-determination and stability based on the rule of law, there can be no dependable and sustainable economic growth,” the GNF added.
The GNF also stated its aspiration of peace in “our homeland and for mutually beneficial collaborations with our neighbors in the region.”
Read full text here: Public Appeal by Global Naga Forum to G20 Summit Delegation