Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh announced on Thursday that the border fencing work on the disputed areas with Myanmar between BP 80 and 81 had been stopped with immediate effect.
He said, “I had a talk with the Home Secretary on the controversy of the border fencing at disputed areas with Myanmar. It was agreed that the erection of the fencing in these disputed areas will be suspended. The Home Ministry is sending an instruction to the Manipur Chief Secretary. A high-level official team will be sent to hold talks with the Myanmarese counterpart”.
Mr. Biren further said that his government took a very serious view of the highly sensitive issue.
