ITANAGAR, Aug 12: All political parties in the state, Arunachal Indigenous Tribes Forum (AITF) and All Arunachal Pradesh Student’s Union (AAPSU) today resolved to work as a team for attaining a permanent solution to the vexed interstate boundary issue between Arunachal and Assam. 
The decision was taken during a consultative meeting held today at the Pare Hall of the Dorjee Khandu State Convention Centre, here which was convened by the High Power Ministerial Committee (HPMC) for Arunachal-Assam interstate boundary.
Charing the meeting, Home Minister Bamang Felix, who is also the chairman of the HPMC, informed the house present that today’s consultative meeting has been convened to create a road map that will guide the process of resolving the vexed interstate boundary issue with Assam. 
Emphasizing the importance of the meeting, Felix said that it will be instrumental in paving a way for an amicable and permanent solution to the interstate boundary issue, and appealed to the house present to rise above party lines and come together as Team Arunachal. He further appealed to all to ensure that peace is maintained throughout the process of resolving the boundary dispute. 
He informed that the HPMC will also convene a meeting after August 15 with the District Level Committees and will recommend the way forward based on today’s consultative meeting. 
Later, the house present accepted the HPMC proposal of taking the Supreme Court-appointed Local Committee’s recommendations as the baseline for working out an amicable and permanent solution to the Arunachal-Assam boundary issue. 
Earlier, taking part in the discussion, representatives of the political parties, AITF and AAPSU assured to extend all possible support to the HPMC so that the boundary dispute with Assam is resolved once and for all. 
Among others, the consultative meeting was attended by all members of the HPMC, APCC president Nabam Tuki, BJP president Biyuram Wahge, NPP vice-president Thangham Wangham, JD (U) secretary-general P Dolo, JD (S) president Rokom Apang, PPA president Kaffa Bengia, AITF president Bengia Tolum, and AAPSU president Hawa Bagang. 

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