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The European Union (EU) has lifted a restrictive question advisory for the citizens of its 27 subordinate countries travelling to Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced connected Saturday (June 20, 2026).
Most countries successful Europe, Oceania, and the Americas began informing their citizens against travelling to the restive northeast States successful 1979, erstwhile the convulsive six-year Assam Agitation began, and led to extremism by the United Liberation Front of Asom.
Chief Secretary Ravi Kota had received a missive from Hervé Delphin, the EU’s Ambassador to India, connected Friday (June 19, 2026), stating that the 27 European nations had lifted question curbs for their citizens keen connected exploring Assam, Mr. Sarma said.
“After Australia and Japan, EU member-states hahe revised their question advisories and removed restrictive guidance for their citizens visiting the State,” the Chief Minister posted connected societal media level X.
Australia and Japan lifted the restrictions aft the State hosted the Advantage Assam 2.0 lawsuit successful February 2025 to pull overseas investment, helium said. “The caller improvement follows the sojourn of EU diplomats to Assam, which is simply a beardown ballot of assurance for Assam and bodes good for deeper EU-Assam engagement,” Mr. Sarma said.
Also speaking connected Facebook Live, helium said the question advisory had been a blot connected Assam since 1979. “A State suffers financially erstwhile a overseas state views it arsenic trouble-torn, due to the fact that investments and tourists bash not come. I americium assured that aft this development, the tourer inflow volition summation successful Assam,” the Chief Minister said.
He besides hoped concern and people-to-people ties would amended aft the EU’s communication.
The Chief Minister advised radical successful Assam to research the hospitality assemblage by gathering homestays and huts for tourists, stating that overseas tourists usually similar to immerse themselves successful quality and debar five-star facilities.
“We tin besides physique nature-based campsites and connection them our indigenous cuisines,” the Chief Minister said.
The restrictions, however, volition proceed to use successful 3 districts — Charaideo, Dibrugarh, and Tinsukia successful eastbound Assam — wherever the Disturbed Areas Act and the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act stay successful force.
These districts, bordering Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, are allegedly utilized by extremists for hit-and-run operations from their hideouts successful the Sagaing part of Myanmar.
The EU subordinate states see Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden.
