NATIONAL SOCIALIST COUNCIL OF NAGALIM
PRESS RELEASE
13 December, 2010
The National Security Council, Government of the People’s Republic of Nagalim is compelled to release this Press statement in response to the news item, “Naga outfits giving out Army positions to China” published in some sections of Indian national papers and also in ‘Nagaland Post’ dated 12 December, 2010.
After declaration of the cease fire agreement reached between Government of India and NSCN as two entities on 1 August, 1997, the National Socialist Council of Nagalim in its Assembly has solemnly declared its commitments to political solution. Accordingly, we had been generously investing our time, energy and money for the past thirteen years without any reservation so that solution is concretized. We have also stopped procuring arms and sheltering other organizations which have been declared banned by the Government of India. We abide by our commitments and so there arises no question of trickery and deception.
No one should doubt about it that the Naga Army has neither shot even a single bullet at Indian Armed forces during these thirteen years of peace process nor launched offensive operations against them. We are fully convinced that armed confrontation will not solve the problem. It is political negotiation and it alone that will solve the problem.
‘Giving out army positions to China by NSCN’ is a wild allegation and total concoction aimed at tarnishing the image of NSCN and damaging its credibility. NSCN and the Naga people will never allow their country to be used as pawn by others. We do not believe in the philosophy of making friendship with one to kill the other. We bear no ill will towards anyone of our neighbours. Co-existence and harmonious relations with neighbouring people and nations is the declared guiding principle of our diplomacy. The Nagas of all generations will never allow their country to be a battle field of the two giant nuclear countries. The propaganda of ‘giving out information to China’ does not sell.
No one denies the fact that Government of India has been using factions to destroy NSCN, the only authentic political organization of the Naga people. But it will be a futile exercise and repetition of the same mistakes. Mud-slinging politics will not work. The mantra of deception and trickery will fetch nothing. It is far better for us to focus together on the strategy of how the political issue is materialized and of how the damaged relationships are rebuilt than to pull down one another. It is the era of negotiation not confrontation and that we should rather emphasize on building up trust than propagating hatred toward each other.
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(Samson Jajo)
Secretary, National Security Council