Mizoram's Commerce and Industries Minister H Rohluna and an elected leader of Chin state of Myanmar today jointly inaugurated the land border crossing between the state and the neighbouring country at Zokhawthar border trade centre, an official statement said here.
Mizoram is represented by the Chief Minister of Myanmar's Chin state Salai Lian Luai.
The statement said that the two leaders crossed the bridge over the border river Tiau at the Rih sector border trade point on foot.
The two leaders expressed hope that the agreement on construction of land border crossing made by the two neighbouring countries would go a long way in cementing friendship between Myanmar and India.
It was the first time Luai, a Mizo of Chin state visited Mizoram after being elected as chief minister of the Mizo inhabited state of Myanmar.