CNI News
5 May 2025
The National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Kaplan/Ang Mai (NSCN-K/AM) is planning to sign a preliminary ceasefire agreement (Bilateral Agreement) at the regional level, U Chin Aung, chairman of the NSCN-K/AM peacemaking committee, told CNI News.
The NSCN-K/AM group has held peace talks with the Sagaing Region government to sign the bilateral agreement and is now at the signing stage, but the process has been delayed due to the earthquake disaster.
“We are only talking positively right now. We are currently working on signing the agreement. Actually, the two sides had scheduled to sign in early 2025, but due to the earthquake disaster in Sagaing Region, the Prime Minister is unable to come, so we will have to wait a while. We have reached an agreement. We just need to sign it. We will sign it at the regional level first. After the regional level, we will sign it at the union level.” said U Chin Aung.
The Naga Self-Administered Zone in Sagaing Region, Myanmar, is one of the least developed regions in the country, and successive governments have failed to develop it.
Therefore, the NSCN-K/AM group wishes to implement peace for the development of the region.
While seeing Ang Mai, leader of the NSCN-K/AM
The Myanmar Tatmadaw/ the SAC urged the NSCN-K/AM to transform into a militia or Border Guard Force (BGF), but the NSCN-K/AM refused the urge and was adamant that it would sign the peace agreement only as a Naga armed group.
"They (the Myanmar Army/SAC) urged us to be a militia or a border guard force. But we didn't accept it. We will go from under the heading of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN). In our proposal, we will never lay down our arms. we will never be a militia. But after we reach an agreement, we will go with the NSCN (Naga National Independence Movement) as our slogan." said U Chin Aung.
He said that the NSCN-K/AM has mainly discussed regional peace and stability and regional development issues in the regional level bilateral agreement, while the territorial demarcation and other issues have been planned to be discussed at the union level.
The NSCN-K/AM is reportedly considering and discussing reviving the bilateral agreement signed on April 9, 2012 between the NSCN-K that was under U Kaplan and the Sagaing Region government .
While Chief Minister of Sagaing Region, U Myat Kyaw had arrived in Khamti,
The Myanmar Tatmadaw and the NSCN-AM discussed a ceasefire and cooperation in security in the Naga region.in Khamti on January 26, 2024 and again on February 5, 2024 Then, in the second week of September, the Myanmar Tatmadaw and the NSCN-AM met in Monywa and held a fourth meeting in Khamti on September 27, and agreed to sign a preliminary ceasefire at the regional level.
However, due to various reasons, the ceasefire has not yet been signed to this day (May 2025), and preparations are underway to continue discussions.
On the other hand, the NSCN-K/AM group met with the Indian government in New Delhi on March 27, 2025, to discuss signing a ceasefire agreement.
