{"id":301398,"date":"2017-08-08T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifp.co.in\/item\/2681-kno-upf-talks-to-decide-zo-s-fate-says-tribal-jac"},"modified":"2017-08-08T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T18:30:00","slug":"kno-upf-talks-to-decide-zos-fate-says-tribal-jac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2017\/08\/08\/kno-upf-talks-to-decide-zos-fate-says-tribal-jac\/","title":{"rendered":"KNO, UPF talks \u2018to decide\u2019 Zo\u2019s fate, says Tribal JAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"K2FeedIntroText\">\n<p>Newmai News Network<\/p>\n<p>IMPHAL |Aug 8<\/p>\n<p>The JAC againstt Anti Trbal Bills (JAC-AATB), in a statement, said that the August 9 tripartite talks of KNO and UPF in New Delhi, the two umbrella bodies of \u201cKuki armed nationalists\u201d, will determine the \u201csocio-political survival of the Zo people in present Manipur\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>While appealing the \u201cZo descendants\u201d to set aside a time from 11 am to 12 noon on August 9 as an \u2018hour of prayer\u2019, the JAC said it \u201csincerely appreciated\u201d the forthcoming round of tripartite talks scheduled with the \u201carmed groups belonging to the ethnic Zo people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It reminded that the JAC had signed a MoU with the state government on May 10, 2017 in the presence of a witness from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), government of India. \u201cThe government of Manipur in its MoU with the JAC-AATB acknowledged the demand for a separate administration for the indigenous tribal people of Manipur and assured all possible help and cooperation in the tripartite talks with the armed groups of the Zo people (Chin-Kuki-Zomi\/Mizo) of present Manipur,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our humble plea that every indigenous Zo participate during the hour of prayer with humility and sincere commitment, and visit the nearest church to pray and seek the Lord\u2019s intervention and guidance at this juncture in Zo history,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The JAC appealed to all churches to keep their doors open at this time, and organise mass prayers to coincide with the hour of prayer if possible. \u201cEstablishments and institutions are also requested to kindly organise prayer meetings at their conveniences, while those working\u00a0 in farms, construction sites, home-based businesses\u00a0 and various other forms of livelihood are also requested to kindly set aside time for prayer to coincide with the hour of prayer,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our sincere hope and prayer that a positive amicable solution is reached through the political talks, and that each and every Zo descendant extends every possible co-operation for the success of the dialogue,\u201d the statement maintained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifp.co.in\/item\/2681-kno-upf-talks-to-decide-zo-s-fate-says-tribal-jac\">http:\/\/www.ifp.co.in\/item\/2681-kno-upf-talks-to-decide-zo-s-fate-says-tribal-jac<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Newmai News Network<\/p>\n<p>IMPHAL |Aug 8<\/p>\n<p>The JAC againstt Anti Trbal Bills (JAC-AATB), in a statement, said that the August 9 tripartite talks of KNO and UPF in New Delhi, the two umbrella bodies of &ldquo;Kuki armed nationalists&rdquo;, will determine the &ldquo;socio-political survival of the Zo people in present Manipur&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p>While appealing the &ldquo;Zo descendants&rdquo; to set aside a time from 11 am to 12 noon on August 9 as an &lsquo;hour of prayer&rsquo;, the JAC said it &ldquo;sincerely appreciated&rdquo; the forthcoming round of tripartite talks scheduled with the &ldquo;armed groups belonging to the ethnic Zo people.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It reminded that the JAC had signed a MoU with the state government on May 10, 2017 in the presence of a witness from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), government of India. &ldquo;The government of Manipur in its MoU with the JAC-AATB acknowledged the demand for a separate administration for the indigenous tribal people of Manipur and assured all possible help and cooperation in the tripartite talks with the armed groups of the Zo people (Chin-Kuki-Zomi\/Mizo) of present Manipur,&rdquo; said the statement.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is our humble plea that every indigenous Zo participate during the hour of prayer with humility and sincere commitment, and visit the nearest church to pray and seek the Lord&rsquo;s intervention and guidance at this juncture in Zo history,&rdquo; the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The JAC appealed to all churches to keep their doors open at this time, and organise mass prayers to coincide with the hour of prayer if possible. &ldquo;Establishments and institutions are also requested to kindly organise prayer meetings at their conveniences, while those working&nbsp; in farms, construction sites, home-based businesses&nbsp; and various other forms of livelihood are also requested to kindly set aside time for prayer to coincide with the hour of prayer,&rdquo; it added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is our sincere hope and prayer that a positive amicable solution is reached through the political talks, and that each and every Zo descendant extends every possible co-operation for the success of the dialogue,&rdquo; the statement maintained.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15434,4],"tags":[2733,15447],"class_list":["post-301398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ifp","category-news","tag-ifp","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301399,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301398\/revisions\/301399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}