Members of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (lower house of the Parliament of Tajikistan) have reviewed and ratified an agreement on the junction point of the state borders of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. This was reported by the Khovar news agency, citing the press service of the lower house.
On March 31, the presidents of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan — Emomali Rahmon, Sadyr Japarov, and Shavkat Mirziyoyev — met in Khujand and signed the agreement, thereby fully finalizing the legal delineation of their shared borders. Rahmon called the agreement a historic document, expressing confidence that the borders of the three countries would now become "boundaries of eternal friendship, true good-neighborliness, and constructive partnership."
During the Soviet era, borders between union republics were administrative in nature, with no universally recognized demarcation lines. Following the national-territorial delimitation of the Central Asian Soviet republics between 1924 and 1929, changes to the borders — including those of modern-day Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan — were never legally formalized. This lack of clarity led to longstanding tensions between the neighboring independent states.
The length of Tajikistan’s border with Uzbekistan exceeds 1,330 kilometers, while its border with Kyrgyzstan stretches approximately 980 kilometers. The Kyrgyz-Uzbek border is about 1,380 kilometers long.
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Based on TASS materials