Assam, Arunachal Pradesh Working To Fix Border Dispute Out Of Court

An official said Pema Khandu told the meeting that PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have stressed on resolving the dispute amicably.

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have agreed to find an out-of-court solution to their inter-state boundary dispute and have started working towards it, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu said today. The Chief Minister was speaking at a virtual meeting convened by newly-appointed Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region G Kishan Reddy to discuss various aspects of the development of the region. According to an official at the Chief Minister's office at Arunachal Pradesh, Mr Khandu told the meeting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have stressed on resolving the border dispute amicably. He added that Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have agreed, in principle, to sort out the issue out-of-court.