New Delhi: Government today (June 19, 2004) said it was committed to continuing the Naga peace process, including the dialogue with the major insurgent outfit NSCN-IM (National Socialist Council of Nagalim-Isaac Muivah) with which it has been having a ceasefire since 1997.

The decision was taken after a high-level meeting, chaired by Home Minister Shivraj Patil, which was called for reviewing the peace process in Nagaland. A statement issued after the two-hour-long meeting here said "the current situation in the state after the implementation of the ceasefire was discussed as also the progress of negotiations held so far with the NSCN-IM.

"The meeting also discussed the charter of demands submitted by the Naga group and it was, thereafter, decided that the negotiations should be continued further," it said.