The peace pact signed with the pro-talks faction of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) will pave the way for investment into the northeastern region, the High Commissioner of Singapore Simon Wong has said. The envoy had earlier in November observed that products of Assam have a ready market in Singapore.
“We are happy to see the historic tripartite peace pact signed amongst ULFA, GOI and the Govt of Assam. This will anchor peace in the region and give a boost to foreign investors like Singapore to move into the Northeast,” said High Commissioner Wong in a social media post on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday. The High Commissioner’s remark was in response to a message on the same platform by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma who had highlighted the pact as a major achievement and described December 29 as a “historic day”.
This is the first response from a foreign representative on the pact that was signed on Friday under which a time-bound programme would be made by the Home Ministry to fulfil the demands of the ULFA and a committee would be constituted to monitor its progress.
