Bishkek, May 10, 2021. / Kabar /. A humanitarian aid is being rendered to families of those killed in the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, the press service of the Batken Oblast state administration said Monday.
According to the decision of a special commission on the distribution of the humanitarian assistance, each family of the dead citizens will receive aid in the form of food and clothing worth KGS 25,000 each ($295).
Situation on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan escalated on April 28 after citizens of Tajikistan began installing video surveillance cameras at the Golovnoi water intake in the village of Kok-Tash in Batken region.
As a result of the joint altercation, the residents of the two countries began throwing stones at each other. Later, gunfire began.
According to an of official data, as a result of the armed conflict, 190 Kyrgyzstanis were injured, 36 were killed, including two minor children.
On the evening of April 29, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed a statement and protocol about the cessation of armed conflict and withdrawal of personnel and military equipment to the places of permanent deployment.
However, in spite of this, the Tajik side attacked the border village of Leilek. There were attacks on houses of civilians, school, kindergarten, clinic and gas stations of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Also, the Tajik military captured 10 residents of the Internatsional Kyrgyz village along with the head of the village. They were later returned.
The Office of the Prosecutor General of Kyrgyzstan considered the actions of the Tajik side as military aggression.
As of today, a total of 1,613 tons of humanitarian aid has arrived in the oblast. Of these, 1,383 tons have been distributed.
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