New Delhi: With an aim to facilitate dialogue between Kuki-Zo tribes and Tangkhul Nagas in Manipur, a delegation of church leaders from the Kuki-Zo community are heading to Mizoram’s Aizawl to meet the church authorities in the neighbouring state and ask for their help in ending the hostilities between the Kuki-Naga communities, reported Indian Express.“We have tried to reach out to the United Naga Council for a dialogue, but it has not been successful. So, a delegation of the Kuki-Zo Church is heading to Aizawl to talk to church authorities there. A meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday). We hope that the church in Mizoram can impress upon the Naga church authorities in Manipur and Nagaland to engage in dialogue,” Kuki Zonal Council (KZC) chairman Henlienthang Thanglet told the newspaper on Monday (July 13).The renewed escalation in tensions between the two communities comes after the recovery of the bodies of six Naga civilians in Kangpokpi district, which deepened hostilities in the region.While church leaders are trying to enlist the help of church authorities in Mizoram, Kuki civil society organisations are pressing for what they term as “equal justice” for the community, restoration of humanitarian access to affected areas and an expedited political solution to the larger ethnic conflict in Manipur.“Everyone is talking about the six Naga hostages. People don’t know about the suffering the Kuki-Zo are going through. Fifteen Kuki-Zo people have been killed at the hands of NSCN(IM) and other armed groups and 14 villages have been burnt down. We condemned the killing of the Naga hostages, but justice must be equal. We are also victims,” KZC spokesperson Ginza Vualzong said on Monday while addressing a press conference in New Delhi.Earlier, the KZC and the Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), another influential Kuki body met the Union government’s North East interlocutor Ajit Lal and director of Intelligence Bureau Mahesh Dixit.The combined delegations also submitted a memorandum to Union home minister Amit Shah about what they described as a worsening humanitarian and security situation in Kuki-dominated areas.‘Asked GOI to ensure immediate protection’“We have asked the Government of India to ensure immediate protection of the lives, properties and ancestral lands of the Kuki-Zo people, order an impartial investigation into the killings and village burnings, restore uninterrupted movement of food, medicines and fuel, and take decisive constitutional and administrative measures for a durable political solution,” said KIM president Ch Ajang Khongsai.On July 2, armed clashes between Kuki and Naga groups in Manipur’s Kamjong district had led to a resurgence of violence in strife-torn Manipur as over 30 houses in villages along the India-Myanmar border were reportedly set on fire. While security forces deployed additional personnel in the area, Kuki and Naga organisations had issued contradicting accounts, each accusing armed groups from the other community of carrying out the coordinated attacks.