India, Jan. 30 -- The Manipur government will present a proposal on the demand for cancellation of the 2016 decision to form seven new districts in the next round of tripartite talks, a joint statement said at the end of the meeting on Thursday.

The seven districts were created in 2016 by the then Congress government led by O Ibobi Singh amid opposition from the United Naga Council (UNC), the apex body of Naga tribes in Manipur.

The tripartite talks started in 2017 after the UNC agreed to end an economic blockade on National Highway 2 and 37. Eleven rounds of talks were held before the negotiations paused. The talks resumed in October last year after UNC issued a fresh ultimatum to reverse the 2016 decision. The last round of negotiatio...