Shillong, May 2: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Tuesday informed that very soon the date for holding the first round of the second phase of border talks will be decided.

“I had a couple of telephonic conversations with my counterpart from Assam. We are working out the dates and hopefully we should be able to initiate the first talk within the month of May itself,” Sangma told reporters.

“However, it is a process and we cannot expect everything will happen in one day but at least in the initial part we will try our best,” he added.

Stating that both the chief ministers will soon finalise on the date, Sangma said, “The good part is that since we are in direct talking terms we are talking to each other directly so we will be able to finalise the dates very soon. We have given two-three options to each other. Once we fix the exact dates I will definitely inform all of you.”

On March 24, the state government reconstituted the three Regional Committees to examine the present status of the remaining six areas of differences and submit their reports within 45 days.

The six areas of difference include Langpih in West Khasi Hills District; Borduar, Nongwah-Mawtamur, Deshdoomreah, Block-II in Ri Bhoi District; Block- I, Psiar – Khanduli in West Jaintia Hills District.