Regional Committee Meeting held To Address Assam-Arunachal Border Conflict
Guwahati: Ministers and top government representatives from Assam and Arunachal Pradesh met on Saturday night at the Assam Administrative Staff College in Guwahati to discuss the long-running border conflict between the two states.
According to reports, a definitive resolution to the contentious border conflict between the two states was reportedly discussed at the conference
The meeting was jointly presided over by Assam cabinet ministers Ranoj Pegu and Jayanta Malla Baruah and Arunachal Pradesh minister Tumke Bagra along with MLAs of the state. The gathering also included other top officers.
“Attended the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh Border Regional Committee Meeting held today at Assam Administrative Staff College. We deliberated on finding a permanent solution to the border dispute between the two states,” Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu tweeted.
Meanwhile, Jayanta Malla Baruah tweeted, “Held a 5 hour long Regional Committee Meeting to deliberate upon the Assam Arunachal Pradesh Border issue at Assam Administrative Staff College this evening. Under the leadership of HHM Shri @AmitShah ji, we are hopeful to find out a proper solution very soon on amicable terms.”
The Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Arunachal counterpart Pema Khandu signed the Namsai Declaration on July 15 of last year, pledging to quickly find solutions to the border disputes between the two states. Since then, the two states have been holding talks to resolve the border disputes.
The regional committees of the two states had a significant gathering in January of this year in Guwahati. The regional committees completed the report to be delivered to the Center as a result of the conference. 57 contested settlements in the surrounding areas have been the subject of discussions.
The 804.1 km border between the two states was narrowed down from the previous 123 “disputed settlements” to 86.
Arunachal Pradesh, which became a union territory in 1972, has a complaint that Assam was arbitrarily given control over a number of forested tracts on the lowlands that had historically belonged to hill tribal chiefs and clans.
