Mizoram and Assam agree to resolve row
Representatives of Assam and Mizoram held talks here on Thursday and agreed to resolve the interstate border dispute amicably, officials said.
The Assam government also decided to revoke an advisory issued earlier against travel to Mizoram, they said.
“Both the state governments agreed to maintain peace in the inter-state border areas and welcomed the deployment of neutral force by Government of India in this regard.
“For this purpose, both the states shall not send their respective forest and police forces for patrolling, domination, enforcement or for fresh deployment to any of the areas where confrontation had taken place between the police forces of the two states during recent times. This would include all such areas along the Assammizoram border in the districts of Karimganj, Hailakandi, and Cachar in Assam, and Mizoram’s Mamit and Kolasib districts,” a joint statement issued by the two states said.
The joint statement was signed by Assam’s Minister for Border Protection and Development Atul Bora and the department’s commissioner and secretary G D Tripathi, and Mizoram’s home minister Lalchamliana and home secretary Vanlalngathsaka.
“Representatives of Governments of Assam and Mizoram agree to take all necessary measures to promote, preserve and maintain peace and mony amongst people livin Assam and Mizoram, part larly in border areas,” the s ment, shared on Twitte Assam minister Ashok Sing said. Six Assam Police per nel were killed and over 50 ple, including the Cachar were injured in an inter-s border clash between the northeastern neighbours July 26. Both the states condoled the deaths of t killed in the incident and pr for the speedy recovery of injured persons.
“Govt. of Assam & Gov Mizoram successfully sign Joint Statement today a deliberations at Aizawl.
Both governments agre take forward Ministry of H Affairs’ initiatives to rem prevailing tensions and to lasting solutions through cussions,” the Mizoram C tweeted.
Assam minister Ashok S hal said in a Twitter post, “great optimism from both s we held our discussion with home minister of Mizo @Lalchamliana12 Ji & o officials on resolving #Assammizoramborder is This is in continuation of discussion initiated by H @himantabiswa Ji & H @Zoramthangacm Ji.” B states have differing interp tions of their territorial bor While Mizoram believes th border lies along an ‘inner drawn up in 1875 to protec bals from outside influe Assam goes by a district de cation done in the 1930s.