India's special envoy K Padmanabhaiah held talks with top leaders of Naga insurgent group NSCN (I-M) in Malaysia in a bid to further the peace process in Nagaland, official sources said on Friday night. The talks were held for three days beginning February 18, the sources said.
NSCN(I-M) leaders T Muivah and Isak Swu had met Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Japan in December last year and had been holding parleys with Padmanabhaiah in the Netherlands.
The latest spell of ceasefire between the security forces and NSCN(I-M) will expire in July this year.
Bureau Report