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GUWAHATI, 29 May:<\/strong> Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday called for opening of international borders in the Northeast for enhanced trade and tourism links with the neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n He pitched for a proper economic policy to achieve the goal, highlighting Assam and Northeast India’s advantageous position in ensuring it.<\/p>\n Speaking at a ‘Natural allies in development and interdependence’ conclave here, Sarma said, “I strongly feel that we can open our borders<\/p>\n for peace and prosperity, and by setting up border haats and opening formal trade routes, we can open up new vistas of trade and tourism in the region.”<\/p>\n The CM pointed out that the northeastern region is uniquely positioned to facilitate the link between India and south Asia and southeast Asia.<\/p>\n Besides providing physical connectivity through surface and waterways, the Northeast also shares cultural alliance with its neighbouring countries, he said.<\/p>\n “We only need a proper economic policy backed by committed cooperation to set the ball rolling,” he said.<\/p>\n Sarma also harped on the need for “sub-regional cooperation” for ensuring overall growth and development.<\/p>\n “Commerce, conservation, culture, connectivity, capacity building are central to mutual growth,” he said.<\/p>\n Talking about the progress Assam made in recent years, the CM said it is among the top three states in the country in attracting externally aided projects.<\/p>\n He added that the state has got five important projects in the last one year, but did not furnish any further detail. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GUWAHATI, 29 May: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday called for opening of international borders in the Northeast for enhanced trade and tourism links with the neighbouring countries. He pitched for a proper economic policy to achieve the goal, highlighting Assam and Northeast India’s advantageous position in ensuring it. Speaking at a ‘Natural […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-191874","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191874\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}