Kuki-Zo insurgent groups signed a suspension of operations (SoO) pact with the Manipur government and the Ministry of Home Affairs on September 2, 2025.
Future talks will focus on the demand for a union territory with a legislature for the Kuki-Zo areas.
The demand shifted from local autonomy to union territory after ethnic violence in May 2023.
Manipur government withdrew from the pact on February 29, 2024, before President’s Rule was imposed.