Mizoram, Assam CMs to hold border talks on September 19

The long-standing border dispute between the two neighbouring States stems from two colonial demarcations of 1875 and 1933.

Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma will hold talks on September 19 to find an amicable solution to the border dispute between the two northeastern States, an official said on Friday.

The CMO official, who is accompanying Zoramthanga in New Delhi, said the meeting will take place in the national capital but the venue is yet to be decided.

"The two chief ministers conversed over the phone on Friday and decided to hold a meeting on the border issue on September 19 in New Delhi," the official told PTI.

They had earlier held a meeting on the issue in November last year in New Delhi in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

In an earlier telephonic conversation on August 10 this year, the two Chief Ministers had decided to hold the talks in the later part of August or early September.

Three districts of Mizoram — Aizawl, Kolasib, and Mamit — share a 164.6-km-long border with three districts of Assam: Cachar, Hailakandi and Karimganj.

The long-standing border dispute between the two neighbouring States stems from two colonial demarcations of 1875 and 1933.