Overview
- Regional committee talks held in Roing led the two states to agree on constituting joint committees to assess disputed stretches and to meet local stakeholders before any further decisions are taken.
- Participants proposed a joint ground-level survey of the Rukmo sector and tasked committees to examine historical records, official notifications and natural features to inform boundary lines.
- Arunachal’s co-chair urged recognition of the Kundil River as a natural boundary and noted that some settlements in the Kundil-Kolia Reserve Forest are located on the Arunachal side and reachable only through that state.
- Both governments stressed that no final demarcation will be made without on-site verification and the views of residents, and they framed the talks as an effort to reach an amicable, out-of-court settlement.
- The process builds on the 2022 Namsai Declaration that reduced disputed villages and set the regional framework, and its outcome could directly affect local access, land rights and administration for border communities while a related Supreme Court case remains pending.