Guwahati: The deputy national security advisor and Prime Minister’s special envoy for the Naga peace talks, R.N. Ravi, said on Monday that the Naga peace talks were in the concluding stage and the ball was in the court of the Naga groups, adding if they reciprocate with pragmatic flexibility, the final agreement could be signed any day.
In an exclusive interview to this newspaper, Mr Ravi said, “The government has made its position clear on all the issues to the Naga negotiators, now it is on them to take a call.”
Admitting that the dem-and for a separate Naga flag and constitution had delayed the signing of the final agreement, Mr Ravi said the government of India was ready to consider a Naga flag for a pan-Naga cultural body and to term the final agreement as the “Naga constitution”.
During his recent visit to Nagaland, all the stakeholders including civil society groups and all the legislators had fully been briefed on peace talks, Mr Ravi said.
