Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Nagaland counterpart Neiphiu Rio held a meeting on Sunday and discussed a range of issues affecting the two northeastern states. Though the officials remained silent about the issues discussed in the in-camera meeting, sources said the two spoke only on a few “personal and political issues”.
Sarma, who tweeted to inform about the meeting when the press was not allowed in the Circuit House, also did not share the details of the discussion which lasted for about 15 minutes. After that there was breakfast. “Happy meeting with MP from HCM Nagaland Shri @Neiphiu_Rio Shri @Kamakhyatasa in Jorhat today. Discussed several issues of mutual interest to strengthen the age-old ties and harmony between the two states.
Sarma tweeted, “We strive towards building an always united and strong #Northeast.” An official statement from the Assam Chief Minister’s Public Relations Cell gave details of his other programs in Jorhat district, but was silent about the details of the meeting between Sarma and Mr. Rio.
“Earlier, the Chief Minister (Sarma) held a meeting with his Nagaland counterpart Neiphiu Rio at the Jorhat Circuit House. Both the Chief Ministers discussed many issues of mutual interest.
“They discussed some personal and some political issues. It did not discuss the inter-state border dispute between Assam and Nagaland. No official issue was discussed in the brief meeting.” became important. ,
Addressing a joint press conference in Guwahati, Sarma and Sangma had said that Assam and Meghalaya were aiming to settle their longstanding inter-state border disputes at six of the 12 places by the end of this year. Assam shares a border of 512.1 km with Nagaland, with which it has the longest border dispute that began since the creation of the state in 1963.
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