The State government has issued a clarification to some media reports, wherein certain points regarding the agreement signed between Nagaland and Assam governments on the inter-State border issue were incorrect and misleading.
The state government pointed out that the agreed position between the two States was only for the points that contained in the minutes of July 31 meeting. In this regard, the government has issued the agreement signed between Nagaland and Assam, which read as– “A meeting was held on 31st July 2021 between the chief secretary of Nagaland and chief secretary of Assam in Dimapur. Nagaland with a view to de-escalating the tense situation prevailing in 2(two) locations in the Dessoi Valley Reserved Forest /Tsurangkong valley due to stand-off between the armed police forces of Nagaland and Assam.
Both sides agreed that in order to maintain peace and tranquillity in the areas around Aosenden village and Vikuto Village as they are known in Nagaland, and known as Jankhona Nala/Nagajankha (26°36’52.9”N 94°22’27.3/”E) and compartment No. 12(26°34’33.7”N 94”19’05.9”E) respectively in Assam, urgent and effective steps are required for defusing the stand-off between the security forces of Nagaland and Assam.
In this regard, it is decided by both sides that the security personnel of both states shall simultaneously move back from their present locations to their respective base camps. The simultaneous withdrawal of the security personnel shall begin immediately and shall be completed in the next 24 hours as far as possible.
Nagaland and Assam shall monitor the area by surveillance using UAV and satellite imagery with a view to maintaining the status quo. The Superintendents of Police of the districts of Mokokchung (Nagaland) and Jorhat (Assam) shall ensure orderly withdrawal of their respective forces and shall be responsible for it in the instant case.”