Assam, Nagaland Ready To Settle State Border Dispute Out Of Court
NDTV
The Nagaland assembly's select committee to examine the border issue held a meeting
In a significant development, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio today said Assam and Nagaland are ready for out-of-court settlement of their decades old state border dispute. Both the states have agreed to share royalty from petroleum from the disputed area. Mr Rio met with his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati today on Sunday.
The Assam government had filed a case in the Supreme Court in 1988 for resolving the border dispute.
Mr Rio said a delegation from Assam and Nagaland will meet Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi in early February and discuss the way forward.
After Mr Rio, Nagaland Deputy Chief Minister Y Patton and Naga People's Front, or NPF, legislature party leader TR Zeilang met with Mr Sarma on Sunday.
