Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday said the state government has recently received an official communication from the proscribed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) related to the ongoing peace talks.
Sangma said, “We have further sent (the communication) for the information and for a reply from the Centre government.”
“And as we get the reply, we will further communicate with them and take the talks forward,” he assured.
He said there are certain points that need to be discussed and certain concerns that are there that has been raised they are not very serious but very important even as he expressed confidence that
all the stakeholders who are involved in this talk are keen to get long lasting peace.
“We are keen that this matter be resolved and I want to reiterate from Meghalaya government side that we want these talks to move forward and that we reach to a logical conclusion and we are seeing that things are moving in the right direction but since this is a complicated issue there are always concerns and it is important to continue to engage and resolve those issues and continue to move forward. I am quite positive that we will be able to resolve these issues and have long lasting peace in our state,” Sangma asserted.