The External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar in a one on one discussion with Amb Kenneth Juster who served as the United States Ambassador to India from 2017 to 2021 at the Council on Foreign Relations on September 26, speaking about the ongoing violence in the Northeast state of Manipur that has dragged on since May 3, 2023 said, “one part of the problem in Manipur has been the destabalising impact of migrants who have come.”
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The Indian Foreign Minister Dr S Jaishankar during their conversation at the CFR in New York said that migration is one of the aspects to the current crisis unfolding in Manipur. “…but there are also tensions which obviously have a long history which precede that [migration],” the Minister said.
“Today, I think the effort is on the part of the state government and the union government to find a way by which a sense of normalcy returns, arms that were seized during that period are recovered. That there is an adequate law and order enforcement so that incidence of violence don’t happen,” he said at the CFR discussion.
It may be mentioned that during the 16th session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) being held at Geneva, Switzerland from July 17-21, Guangchunliu Gangmei of the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) delivered a joint statement on Agenda Item 9, highlighting the urgent need to address the deepening crisis on the borders of India and Myanmar. The presentation shed light on the escalating conflict and its impact on the indigenous communities residing in Northeast India.
Similarly, in early September, the United Nations (UN) experts had sounded the alarm over grave human rights violations and abuses in the Northeastern state of Manipur, India. These reported violations include acts of sexual violence, extrajudicial killings, home destruction, forced displacement, torture, and ill-treatment.