Aizawl, March 29 -- The Mizoram government has proposed Assam government for initiating official-level talks in mid-April on the long-standing border dispute, said state home secretary Vanlalmawia on Friday.

Vanlalmawia said that the Mizoram government had sent a letter to Assam for the fourth time recently proposing for official-level talks before the ministerial-level talks in Guwahati.

He said that Mizoram is waiting for a response from Assam. Moreover the authority proposed an official-level deliberations to prepare and finalise the groundwork and modalities for the subsequent ministerial-level talks.

According to the home secretary, during the ministerial-level talks held in Aizawl on 9 August last year, mizoram government has pro...