Imphal, Aug. 21 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently extended an invitation to the United Naga Council (UNC), the apex Naga body, for talks on the contentious issues of border fencing and also the suspension of the Free Movement Regime (FMR) along the Indo-Myanmar border.

The meeting is scheduled for August 26 in New Delhi, officials confirmed on Thursday.

A.K. Mishra, Advisor (North East) to the MHA, has reached out to the UNC for participation in the dialogue.

The Naga body has opposed the fencing and the scrapping of the FMR, calling it a threat to what it terms as the "Naga ancestral homeland."

The Government of India has planned to fence the 1,643 km porous border with Myanmar at an estimated cost of Rs. 31,000 crore, c...