Shooting at Kyrgyz-Tajik border completely stopped

Bishkek, April 12, 2022. / Kabar /. Currently, shooting at the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has been completely stopped, governor of Batken Oblast Abdikarim Alimbaev announced.

He said that appropriate measures are being taken to prevent the aggravation of the situation. "The situation is under control," Alimbaev noted.

Tajik border guards entered the territory of Kyrgyzstan. In order to prevent the passage of Tajik border guards deep into the territory, the border detachment of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan fired warning shots into the air. In response, the Tajik border guards opened fire on the Kyrgyz border guards. As a result of negotiations between the border representatives of the two states, the shooting was stopped.

However, at about 21:17, during the negotiations between the border representatives of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the border guards of Tajikistan, who arrived at the scene of the incident as a reinforcement, opened fire on the servicemen of the Border Service of Kyrgyzstan. One serviceman wounded. Further, the Tajik side began shelling the Kyrgyz village of Dostuk from mortars.

At 22:15, the Tajik side stopped the mortar attack.

At the moment, Head of the Department of Border Service for Batken region Kyialbek Tolonbaev and the head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan for Sughd region, Hikmatullo Pirakov hold a meeting in Batken region of Kyrgyzstan.

During the talks, a decision was made to withdraw additional forces and means to permanent deployment points.