Naga peace talks deferred

NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 9: The forthcoming round of peacetalks between National Socialist Council of Nagaland I M group and the government have been deffered as the underground group has refused to nominate anyone to replace their jailed leader Thuingaleng Muivah at the parleys.

The talks were scheduled to resume last week in the Netherland capital of the Hague, but now a big question mark has appeared with the NSCN faction refusing to nominate any other leader to hold talks after their general secretary Muivah was sentenced to one-year jail term by a Thai court for jumping bail on charges of travelling on a fake passport.

The Centre has now launched a quot;reviewquot; of the progress and contents of the talks as well as the cease fire in force between the government and NSCN I M Since August 1997, Home Ministry sources said.