He said the talks will be held at the state guest house here. After a hiatus of over three years, the peace talks between the Mizoram government and the Hmar militants was resumed in 2016. So far, both the sides have had held five rounds of talks between August 2016 and September 2017. The name of the council has been proposed to be rechristened as Sinlung Hills Council, which will have 14 members, including two nominated members, preferably from minority communities. In the last official-level talks held on September 21 and 22 last year, both the sides had approved in principle the draft of memorandum of settlement (MoS) and SHC bill.

Source: The Telegraph February 21, 2018 21:09 UTC