Imphal, August 09: Describing the cry of Isak-Muivah group and its supporters for integration of Nagas under the Indian Union as �nonsense�, Naga National Council (NNC) and Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN) stated that integration of Nagas under the India Union can never be a solution but a capitulation of the aspiration of the Naga people.

In a joint statement, NNC member Shepoumaramth Region RS Samuel Poumai and general secretary, Wing (Tangkhul) region, FGN AS Mashangthei said that the present cry of the Isak-Muivah group and its supporters for integration of Nagas under the India Union is nonsense for the Nagas and an act of anti-Naga nation.

Thus the recent slogan of �No integration, no solution� by the Naga Hoho following the cry of Th Muivah is a shame for the Nagas.

Indeed for the Nagas, the integration of Nagas under the India Union can never be a solution but a capitulation of the cause of Naga people, the joint statement said, adding that withdrawal of all foreign occupational forces from Nagaland and recognition of Nagaland�s sovereignty by the United Nations will be a solution to the Indo-Naga conflict.

The joint statement said that Nagas are inherently sovereign, independent and a free nation since time immemorial.

�We have been living in our own land and its sovereignty is always protected by God our Lord.

Therefore, our nation had never fallen into any nation by conquest or consent except intrusion or aggression which our forefathers relentlessly fought against to defend the sovereignty of the land�, the joint statement.

However, the joint statement went on to say, it was unfortunate that the British had arbitrarily drawn the imaginary boundaries between the Naga families during 19th and 20th centuries without the knowledge of the Naga people.

Again when the Burmese and Indian invaded Nagaland in 1950s, they accepted these artificial boundaries and placed Nagas in different places without their consent.

But the Nagas did not accept and recognised these boundaries made by foreigners for the simple reason that the foreigners have no right to draw a boundaries or boundaries within the heart of the Naga nation, the joint statement added.