New interlocutor for Naga peace talks R S Pandey arrived in Kohima today on a five-day visit to Nagaland to meet cross sections of the society to know their views on the on-going peace process. Mr.Pandey, a former Nagaland chief secretary, will meet chief minister and his cabinet colleagues, senior government officials, representatives from tribal councils, civil society groups and Churches during his stay in the capital.<br/>NSCN (I-M) leaders led by its general secretary Th. Muivah met the prime minister and the home minister and both sides reportedly expressed their commitment to find a negotiated settlement to the decades-old Naga political conflict. Expressing their willingness to act as facilitator to the peace process the state legislators welcomed the renewed efforts of the UPA government and the NSCN in resuming the political dialogue.<br/>