Situation on Kyrgyz-Tajik border is tense - Border Service of Kyrgyzstan

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Bishkek, Sept. 14, 2022. / Kabar /. As of 11:30 local time, the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border in the Bulak-Bashy area is characterized as tense, the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic said.

At the scene of the incident, a meeting is being held between the head of the regional department of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Batken region, Kyialbek Tolonbaev and the head of the regional department of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan in the Sughd region, H. Pirakzoda, the report said.

Despite the reached agreements on ceasefire, the Tajik side periodically opens fire on the positions of the Kyrgyz border guards.

“As of 11:30 am, there were no injured or wounded among the Kyrgyz servicemen. The Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic is taking all measures to cease fire and prevent the escalation of the border incident,” the report said.

An incident with the use of weapons occurred today between border guards on the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border in the Bulak-Bashy area. According to the Border Service of the Kyrgyz Republic, a detachment of the Border Guard Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan discovered a border guard detachment of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan, which, in violation of earlier agreements between the parties, took up combat positions on an undescribed section of the state border. Ignoring the legitimate demands of the Kyrgyz side to leave the territory, the Tajik border guards opened fire. In response, the border guards of Kyrgyzstan also used weapons. During a skirmish between border detachments, the Tajik side used mortars.

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