Bishkek, Jan.15, 2020. /Kabar/. Tomorrow, Jan. 16 Deputy Prime Minister of the Kyrgyz Republic Jenish Razakov will hold in Batken town of Batken Oblast a coordination meeting on border issues, the Government’s press service reported.
The meeting will be attended by heads of the State Committee for National Security, State Border Service, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Prosecutor General's Office and local authorities of Batken Oblast.
"Issues of ensuring public security and order in the border territory, social and economic development of the oblast will be discussed at the meeting. Also, the meeting participants are expected to consider issues of strengthening border cooperation, strengthening of information and awareness raising work among the population on negotiation processes with the Tajik side,” the Government’s report says.
Besides, as part of his working visit to Batken Oblast, Deputy PM Jenish Razakov held a series of meetings with local residents to inform about the work being done with the Tajik side to resolve the situation on the border.
At the meeting of the delegations of the two countries, held on Tuesday, the sides have signed a Protocol, according to which legal working groups of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are instructed to submit by Feb. 15, 2020 an agreed position on the description of the crossing of the project line in sections of about 114 km, the local authorities of the border oblasts are instructed to strengthen awareness-raising work to prevent incidents, as well as to address the necessary issues of the population in border areas.
The Kyrgyz delegation included Deputy Prime Minister Jenish Razakov, Chairman of the State Committee for National Security Orozbek Opumbayev, Interior Minister Kashkar Dzhunushaliyev, Prosecutor General Otkurbek Dzhamshitov, Chairman of the State Border Service Ularbek Sharsheyev, Kyrgyz Ambassador to Tajikistan Dzhanysh Rustenbekov, Batken region chief and head of the Government Commission on Border Delimitation and Demarcation.
On Jan. 10, 2020 at 1 a.m., unknown citizens of Tajikistan threw stones at the cars of two Kyrgyz citizens on the Osh-Batken-Isfana highway.
At 2:40 a.m. shots were fired at the section of the Kok-Tash border post in the Dakhma area from the Tajik human settlements, which forced the Kyrgyz side to begin evacuating women and children.
The shots were stopped at 8 a.m.
On Jan.11 Presidents of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov and Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon held phone conversation to discuss the situation at the border.
Prime ministers of the two countries, as well their deputies also discussed issues related to joint measures to stabilize the situation at the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border.
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