Partition of India broke Northeast’s natural connectivity, says Jaishankar

EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said the partition of India in many ways broke the natural connectivity of the northeastern states but in the last one decade the efforts by the Central government has improved the resources in the area.

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Jaishankar was addressing an event in Delhi University's Kirori Mal College on the topic 'Northeast India's Integration with South East Asia and Japan: Balancing Economic Ties and Ecological Conservation'.

Jaishankar said India's ties with the neighbouring countries such as Myanmar and Taiwan had improved in the last decade connecting it with the rest of the world. He said the impact of the partition had initially impacted the growth in the northeast due to political barriers as well as administrative issues.