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#Manipur : We are advancing, and we are expecting to sign a peace accord with one big UG (underground organisation) very shortly – N Biren Singh, Chief Minister, Manipur
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Embattled Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has said his government was holding talks with an Imphal Valley-based insurgent group, and a peace accord will be signed soon.
Speaking to PTI-Video, Singh said the talks were at an advanced stage, even though he stayed away from naming the underground organisation.
“We are advancing, and we are expecting to sign a peace accord with one big UG (underground organisation) very shortly,” the chief minister said.
This was for the first time that there was an official confirmation about such talks being held by the government, since ethnic violence broke out in the state on May 3.
Earlier, sources had said that the government was holding talks with a faction of the proscribed United National Liberation Front (UNLF).
