NESO urges NE Govts to solve border disputes
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, July 29 2021:
North East Students' Organisation (NESO) had urged the regional governments to resolve the complex boundary dispute with utmost sincerity so as to maintain peace and harmony amongst the indigenous communities of the northeast.
The organisation made the appeal in the backdrop of the recent border conflicts along the Assam-Mizoram boundary.
NESO comprises Khasi Students' Union (KSU), All Assam Students' Union (AASU), Naga Students' Federation (NSF), Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), Twipra Students' Federation (TSF), All Manipur Students' Union (AMSU), Garo Students' Union (GSU) and All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union (AAP-SU).
In a joint statement, NESO chairman Samuel B Jyrwa and secretary general Sinam Prakash Singh expressed anguish and disbelief at the recent development and said it is condemnable as it has taken a toll on human lives, injured scores of people and destroyed people's properties.
"It is understandable that border disputes vary and differ from area to area, however, NESO once again strongly urge upon all state governments to be committed to solve this long pending problem once and for all and if necessary, the Central Government should be a party in these dialogues and NESO on its part will continue to encourage peoples to peoples contact and peoples to peoples relationship along the border areas," said the release.
NESO also reminded all indigenous peoples that this issue is not an ethnic issue but of border dispute in which the respective state governments are duty bound to solve.
If a solution is arrived at whereby borders will be properly demarcated with a unanimous settlement, then peace will usher between different states and the people residing along the borders can live without fear and in harmony amongst themselves, the release added.