Guwahati, Sept. 4 -- Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has reached an agreement with Kuki-Zo insurgent groups to extend the Suspension of Operations (SoO) deal, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's potential visit to conflict-hit Manipur.

The MHA has also successfully persuaded tribal civil society groups to reopen highways that the groups had blocked for Meitei people for over two years following the ethnic violence that began on May 3, 2023.

The government confirmed that officials from the MHA held a series of discussions with a Kuki-Zo Council (KZC) delegation in recent days to finalise the agreement.

Kuki National Organisation (KNO) spokesperson Seilen Haokip confirmed that the MHA representatives and the KNO finalised the de...