using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

public class Test
{
	public static void Main()
	{
		string mainstring = "<para> This is a test paragraph </para>";
		string regex1 = @"(<\w+[^<>/]*>)\s+|\s+(</\w+>)";
		mainstring = Regex.Replace(mainstring, regex1, "$1$2");
        	Console.WriteLine(mainstring);
	}
}