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Guwahati: The Centre has extended the ceasefire agreement signed with Niki Sumi led National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) militant group for one more year.
“It was decided to extend the ceasefire agreement with the NSCN (K) Niki for a period of one year witheffect from 8 September 2022 to 7 September 2023, said a statement by the Union Home Ministry on Wednesday.
The NSCN-K had signed a ceasefire agreement with the Centre in 2001, but unilaterally abrogated it in 2015 when the then chairman of the group, SS Khaplang, was alive.
In December 2020, the NSCN-K, led by dreaded militant Niki Sumi, had announced a ceasefire and said the outfit had contacted the Central government for initiating peace dialogue.
