{"id":3638,"date":"2008-06-27T02:10:19","date_gmt":"2008-06-27T02:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/151.106.38.4\/2008\/06\/27\/chiangmai-meet\/"},"modified":"2008-06-27T02:10:19","modified_gmt":"2008-06-27T02:10:19","slug":"chiangmai-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2008\/06\/27\/chiangmai-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiangmai meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\/old_site\/>DIMAPUR,JUNE26(NPN):The2ndNagaPeaceSummit<br \/>which was held fromJune 22-26 at ChiangMai in Thailandhas<br \/>carriedforwardthespiritof thefirstChiangMai<br \/>meeting inMay 2008 where the ongoing initiative has<br \/>been developed into awidermeeting of political groups<br \/>and civil societies including some TribalHohos besides<br \/>someinternationalparticipationfromAmericanBaptist<br \/>Churches and the British andCanadianQuakers.<br \/>Altogether 43participants representing variousorganizations<br \/>attended the summit.<br \/>The Forumfor Naga Reconciliation in a statement<br \/>said a letterwas received fromformerUS President JimmyCarterencouragingtheNagas<br \/>&quot;torisetothechallenge<br \/>of leadership for your people and end the division that<br \/>has brought somuch sorrowover the years&quot;.<br \/>\u201cWe discovered an unexpected, fragile but nevertheless<br \/>deep feeling of oneness and common purpose\u201d<br \/>the statement said adding that the gathering were once<br \/>againconnectedwithaunitywhereitwaspossibletohold<br \/>diversity while stillmaintaining the distinct identities<br \/>arising fromthehistorical andtribalisticdivisions of the<br \/>Naga people.<br \/>Stating that the gatheringwasmoved and inspired<br \/>by the signs of forgiveness and reconciliation amongst<br \/>themin themeetings, the Forumexpressed belief that<br \/>thedesireforunderstandingandtheurgeforunitywhich<br \/>they found were real. The gathering affirmed that they<br \/>will not relinquish this to their adversaries who choose<br \/>to carry forward and foment old conflicts. \u201cThe value of<br \/>suchmeetings in times of violence and sufferings is to<br \/>seek ways to nurture long-termpositive strategies and<br \/>relationships\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIMAPUR,JUNE26(NPN):The2ndNagaPeaceSummitwhich was held fromJune 22-26 at ChiangMai in Thailandhascarriedforwardthespiritof thefirstChiangMaimeeting inMay 2008 where the ongoing initiative hasbeen developed into awidermeeting of political groupsand civil societies including some TribalHohos besidessomeinternationalparticipationfromAmericanBaptistChurches and the British andCanadianQuakers.Altogether 43participants representing variousorganizationsattended the summit.The Forumfor Naga Reconciliation in a statementsaid a letterwas received fromformerUS President JimmyCarterencouragingtheNagas&quot;torisetothechallengeof leadership for your people and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[679],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nagaland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}