Assam, Arunachal Sign Pact In Presence Of Amit Shah To Resolve Border Row

Amit Shah termed the border agreement as a "historic" event and said it ended decades long disputes.

The Assam and the Arunachal Pradesh governments on Thursday signed an agreement in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah here to resolve their decades old border disputes.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu signed the agreement.

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh share an 804.1-km-long border.

The two states have been in discussions to resolve the border dispute with Mr Sarma and Mr Khandu signing the Namsai Declaration on July 15 last year wherein they had pledged to find a solution soon.