| GUWAHATI: Nagaland separatists have agreed to hold regular monthly peace talks with the Indian government starting June 22 in Amsterdam to try to strike a peace deal, a rebel leader said on Friday. The National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM), led by self-exiled guerrilla leaders Isak Chishi Swu and Thuingaleng Muivah, has struggled for nearly six decades to create a 'Greater Nagaland' to expand the mountainous Nagaland state in India's remote northeast. "We have reached an understanding to hold talks with the government at least once in a month to speed up the peace process and find a permanent solution to our problem," RH Raising, a senior NSCN-IM leader, told AFP by telephone from Dimapur, Nagaland's commercial hub. "The next round of talks on June 22 would discuss several key issues, including our main demand for integration." The last round of negotiations took place in Amsterdam on May 19 and 20. The NSCN-IM and New Delhi entered into a ceasefire in August 1997, which has been renewed regularly. The latest truce expires on July 31. |