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Aizawl: The third round of Mizoram-Assam border talks will not be held as per the earlier schedule even as the Assam government is yet to agree to the Mizoram government’s proposal to postpone the proposed talks, a senior official of the Mizoram home department said on Wednesday.
Earlier, the border talks were scheduled to be held in Guwahati on Thursday (November 4).
Mizoram Home Department Additional Secretary Lalhriatpuia said that the border talks will not be held on Thursday even though the Mizoram government is yet to get permission from the Assam government.
He said that the Assam government could not give an immediate response and approval to the proposal probably because it was busy with the upcoming meeting of the state cabinet.
Besides, the concerned minister and officials of Assam have also traveled to Arunachal Pradesh recently, he said.
Earlier, the Mizoram government had sent a request to the Assam government to postpone the border talks till November 9 – 11 in view of President Draupadi MurmuVisiting the region.
The president will go to Aizawl on Thursday to attend the meeting of Mizoram University (MZU) and will inaugurate various projects of the central and state governments.
She will address the Mizoram Assembly on Friday before leaving the state.
The additional home secretary said that they are in close contact with their counterparts in Assam over the phone and the Mizoram government’s request for postponement is being processed.
“The file proposing the postponement of the upcoming talks is being worked on. It has not yet reached the offices of the chief minister, the minister of interior and border protection and the minister of development,” Lalhriatpuia said.
He said the Assam government will fix the new date if it does not match the date proposed by Mizoram.
The three districts of Mizoram- Aizawl, Kolasib and Mamit- share a border of 164.6 km with the Assam districts of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi.
The border dispute between the two neighboring states has been unresolved for decades.
In July last year, seven people, including six Assam policemen, were killed when the forces of the two states exchanged fire during a dispute near Mizoram’s Vairengte village on National Highway-306.
More than 60 people were also injured in the fire.
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