Guwahati, April 20: After the first round of pact between Assam and Meghalaya to solve border disputes, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have now begun parleys to solve border disputes.

The Assam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday met his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu, and announced that both the northeastern states will constitute district-level committees to resolve the long-standing border conflicts in a timely way.

This was the second chief ministerial-level meeting between the two states over the boundary issue, as informed by the Assam CM.

Sarma posted on Twitter saying, “Took part in the 2nd CM-level meeting with my Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Hon’ble Shri @PemaKhanduBJP ji to resolve the boundary disputes between the two states. We decided to form district-level committees in both the states to resolve the issue in a time-bound manner.”

The district committees will undertake joint surveys in the disputed areas to find tangible solutions to the long-pending issue based on historical perspective, ethnicity, contiguity, people’s will and administrative convenience of both the states.

The district committees will undertake joint surveys in the disputed areas to find tangible solutions to the long-pending issue based on historical perspective, ethnicity, contiguity, people’s will and administrative convenience of both the states. pic.twitter.com/6j1NPFDdrs

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) April 20, 2022