Situation on Kyrgyz-Tajik section of state border is stable

Bishkek, Jan. 28, 2022. / Kabar /. As of 08:00 on January 28, 2022, the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border is characterized as stable, the press service of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan reported.

The night passed quietly, without incident. The Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic controls and monitors the situation, the report said.

On January 27, from 17:30 to 18:00, Tajik border guards unilaterally blocked a section of the Batken-Isfana road in the area of ​​Tort-Kocho in Batken region of Kyrgyzstan.

As a result of negotiations, at 19:30 the road section was reopened for traffic.

However, around 19:35, the situation worsened due to the use of weapons and fire by the Tajik side on the border units of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan in the Chyr-Dobo area of ​​ Batken region. The Tajik side used mortars and grenade launchers.

At the moment, seven injured Kyrgyzstanis are reported.