Guwahati: Emphasizing on a major breakthrough towards de-escalation of tension along the Assam-Nagaland border, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that the Chief Secretaries of both the states have called for immediate withdrawal of forces from the border places to their respective base camps. A compromise has been made.
He tweeted, “As a major breakthrough towards de-escalation of tension along the Assam-Nagaland border, both the Chief Secretaries have entered into an agreement to immediately withdraw the armies of the states from the border locations to their respective base camps. ” Meeting held between Chief Secretaries of both the states
Sarma said Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua and his Nagaland counterpart J. A meeting was held between Alam in Dimapur.
He said that the meeting was organized with an aim to defuse the tense situation prevailing at two places in the Desoi Valley Reserve Forest/Surankong Valley due to the standoff between the armed police forces of the two states.
He said that both sides agreed that there is an urgent and effective need to take immediate and effective steps to reduce the standoff between the security forces of Assam and Nagaland in order to maintain peace and tranquility in the area around Ao Senden village and Vikuto village. Because they are known and known in Nagaland. As Jankhona Nala/Nagjankha and Compartment No. 12 in Assam.
Sarma said that both the sides have decided that the security personnel of both the states will go back together from their present places to their respective base camps in the next 24 hours.
The Chief Minister further said that during the meeting both the sides met Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Y. Patton and Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu also participated and decided to monitor the area by surveillance using UAVs and satellite imagery to maintain the status quo.
He said that the Superintendents of Police of Mokokchung, Nagaland and Jorhat districts of Assam would ensure the orderly withdrawal of their forces and would be responsible for the same in an immediate case.
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