Guwahati, May 29: Meghalaya and Assam have agreed on immediate steps to de-escalate the situation at Lapangap on the inter-state border, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said Friday after meeting Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati.
Sangma said the meeting was “very positive and very constructive” and focused solely on the flare-up at Lapangap, which has raised concern in both states over the past several weeks.
“Along with Deputy Chief Minister Sniawbhalang Dhar, we met Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in his office chamber in Guwahati,” Sangma said.
“The main purpose of our visit was to discuss the ongoing situation in Lapangap that is happening right now along the Assam-Meghalaya border.”
He added that efforts to engage stakeholders had been on for weeks.
“For the last many days and in fact weeks, we have been trying to bring the different stakeholders together to resolve the issue and to find a way forward,” he said.
Officials from both state governments, including district-level officers, attended the meeting.
“We have worked out some measures which could help us defuse the situation and our officials concerned will be taking steps in the next few days to try and resolve the issue,” Sangma said.
He urged cooperation from residents and officials on both sides of the border.
“We should work in a positive manner and we should work in a constructive manner and trust each other and work in such a manner that we can find not the solution for short-term but also in the long run,” he said.
On the wider border dispute, Sangma said further talks would wait until Assam’s cabinet formation is complete.
“We have also decided that once the Assam government is fully in place in terms of all the different cabinet ministers, once the oath is taken place, the further discussion on the larger context of the border issue will take place then,” he said.
“So we will take a call at that point in time for the larger context, but today’s meeting was limited to the Lapangap issue and we are very hopeful that we are able to resolve the situation,” Sangma said, seeking cooperation from all stakeholders.
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