Imphal, Manipur, November 30 (HBTV): The tripartite talks between the central government, Manipur government, and the United Naga Council (UNC) on Friday at Senapati district headquarters in connection with the Nagas’ demand to retract the creation of seven new districts have ended in a deadlock, officials said.

"The discussions focused on the issue of creation of seven districts by the Manipur government in December 2016," a joint statement issued by the representatives of centre, the state government, and the UNC informed.

"Representatives of government of Manipur expressed inability to present a concrete proposal in view of certain difficulties. However, UNC expressed strong exceptions over non submission of concrete proposal and insisted that it be submitted in the next rounds of talks," it stated.

‘The meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere and it was mutually agreed that further progress will be made by engaging in sustained manner in order to resolve the issues politically in time bound manner keeping in view the previous commitments,’ the statement assured.

The next round of talks is scheduled for the last week of January 2025, it said.

Those attending the meeting included AK Mishra, advisor from the central government; N Ashok Kumar, Commissioner (Home) of the Government of Manipur; Ng. Lorho, president of the UNC; and Vareiyo Shatsang, general secretary of the UNC, among others.