Guwahati: Nagaland chief minister Neiphiu Rio on Tuesday said the border issue between Nagaland and Assam can be resolved with close supervision of the union home ministry.

He was responding to a query by a Naga People’s Front MLA on the first day of the monsoon session of the state assembly.

Rio said that the Centre wanted all inter-state border disputes in the northeast to be resolved before the 100-daycelebration of the upcoming 75th Independence Day.

Recently, in a chief secretary-level meeting was held on July 31, both the states agreed to withdraw their respective forces from the disputed area along the Assam-Nagaland borders. The agreement was jointly signed by Nagaland chief secretary J Alam and his Assam counterpart Jishnu Barua, Nagaland’s deputy chief minister Y Patton and Assam minister Ranoj Pegu.

Rio informed the House that the process of widrawal of forces was completed on August 1.

Assam and Nagaland share a border of over 500-kilometre stretch. Disputes along the border were stated to have been going on since 1963 when Nagaland attained statehood.

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