The Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) has decided to open the National Highway-02 for the free movement of commuters and essential goods, following a series of meetings between officials of home ministry and a delegation of KZC in the last few days at New Delhi.
The council has agreed to cooperate with security forces deployed by the Centre to ensure peace along NH-02.
In a significant decision, the Kuki-Zo Council has decided today to open the National Highway-02 for the free movement of commuters and essential goods. The decision came after a series of meetings between officials of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and a delegation of KZC in the… pic.twitter.com/PlXE94lRJB
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Besides, a ripartite meeting among representatives of home ministry, government of Manipur, and Kuki National Organisation/KNO and United People’s Front/UPF was also held at New Delhi on Thursday.
According to the home ministry, the meeting ended with the signing of a tripartite Suspension of Operations (SoO) Agreement on re-negotiated terms and conditions to be effective from the day of signing of the Agreement for a period of one year.
Among other things, the revised ground rules reiterated the territorial integrity of Manipur and the need for a negotiated solution to bring lasting peace and stability in Manipur.
The three sides also agreed to relocate seven designated camps away from areas vulnerable to conflict, reduce the number of designated camps, relocate the weapons with nearest CRPF/BSF camps and stringent physical verification of militant cadres by security forces to de-list foreign nationals, if any.
"Joint Monitoring Group will henceforth closely monitor enforcement of ground rules, and violations will be dealt with firmly in future, including review of the SoO Agreement," the ministry added.
