Aizawl, April 7 -- The Mizoram government is set to sign a peace agreement with the Lalhmingthanga Sanate-led faction of the Hmar People's Convention (Democratic) on April 14 at Sakawrdai village near the state's border with Manipur, in a move expected to end one of the region's longest-running insurgencies.

Officials in the State Home Department said the agreement will be signed between the Home Secretary, on behalf of the government, and HPC(D) president Lalhmingthanga Sanate, in the presence of Adviser to the Chief Minister (Political) Lalmuanpuia Punte.

The ceremony will coincide with the surrender of 43 cadres, who are expected to lay down arms and enter a rehabilitation process later this month.

The agreement follows recent talks...