Bishkek, May 8, 2021. / Kabar /. A construction of houses for 36 families of victims of the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in Batken Oblast started on Saturday on behalf of Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov, his press service said.
Work has also begun on the restoration of destroyed social and commercial facilities.
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.
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