Kyrgyzstan reports stable situation on border with Tajikistan

21 September 2022

 
According to the SCNS Border Guard Service, there were no incidents during the night of September 20-21.


There were no incidents at night on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border and the situation is relatively stable. This was reported on Wednesday by the Border Guard Service of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan. 

 
"As of 09:00 (06:00 Moscow time), the situation at the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border in the Chon-Alay district of Osh province and in Batken province is characterized as relatively stable, but with elements of tension," the statement said. "The night of September 20 to 21 was calm, without incidents," the agency specified. 

 
They noted that the State Border Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan continues to work under a reinforced regime.


 
The situation on the border between the two countries escalated on September 14. According to the Kyrgyz side, on Wednesday, Tajik border guards entered the border section near Bulak-Bashy area of Batken district of Batken region of Kyrgyzstan and "took combat positions." In response to a demand to leave the territory, the Tajik border guards opened fire, followed by an exchange of fire. 


On September 17, the Kyrgyz border service reported firing in the Osh region. Kyrgyz authorities evacuated about 140,000 citizens from the border villages. 

 
Since September 18, the Kyrgyz border guard service had not reported any new incidents, and on September 19, the heads of the State National Security Committees of the two countries signed a protocol on withdrawal of troops from the border and establishing peace. On the Kyrgyz side, 59 people were killed and about 200 injured in the conflict.

 

 

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Based on materials from TASS