Dutch negotiator to mediate between India, Naga rebels
Afp, Guwahati
A Dutch negotiator has been appointed to help save an eight-year-old ceasefire between New Delhi and a separatist group in the northeastern state of Nagaland, a rebel leader said yesterday. Oscar Fernandes, a federal minister, and leader of the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM) formally nominated Michael C. van Walt van Praag from the Netherlands to mediate between the two sides last week in Bangkok. "The talks in Bangkok were almost on the verge of collapse with the Indian government failing to respond positively to our demands," said senior NSCN-IM leader Kraibo Chawang. "Praag's intervention helped in saving the peace process from breaking down," Chawang told AFP by telephone from Nagaland's commercial hub of Dimapur.
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