Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday held a meeting with Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu over inter-state boundary issue.

“We discussed Assam-Arunachal boundary issue, and it was fruitful. We want permanent solution into the matter,” Sarma told reporters in New Delhi, shortly after the meeting.

In the meeting, the CM said he and his counterpart Khandu kept their views on the long-pending issue before the Minister, and added that both of them will meet again on the same in January next.

Sarma informed that he will hold meeting with Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma in Guwahati on Wednesday over Assam-Meghalaya border.

He further said during the meeting, the Minister also took their views on the Chakma-Hajong issue related to Arunachal Pradesh.