Next Assam-Mizoram border talks by Jan: Bora

Guwahati: Assam minister Atul Bora on Sunday said the next round of discussions to resolve the state’s border dispute with Mizoram will be held in Guwahati in January next year.
Bora, the border protection and development minister, said both the state govts wanted a solution to the decades-old dispute to ensure permanent peace and security for those residing near the interstate boundary on both sides.
The minister was speaking to media persons here after returning from Aizawl, where he had led a delegation from Assam, which engaged in talks to resolve the boundary dispute with a team of the Mizoram govt, led by its home minister K Sapdanga, last week.
“The border talks remained stalled due to the assembly elections in Mizoram last year. Now, we are on track again. A ministerial group of Mizoram will visit Guwahati for the next round of talks by January. We have extended our invitation to them,” Bora said.