The Manipur government today welcomed members of the state's oldest valley-based armed group that has signed a peace deal, and expressed hope that more groups would lay down arms to join the peace process in the strategic border state.
The UNLF was formed on November 24, 1964, and is the oldest valley-based insurgent group distinct from the insurgent groups active in the state’s Naga-dominated and Kuki-Zomi dominated hills.
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