Bishkek, May 1, 2021 . / Kabar / . The Tajik side has completely blocked the road in the Tort-Kocho area, the press service of the Border Service of Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security said.
"As of 11:30 a.m. on May 1, 2021, the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border is characterized as relatively tense," the report reads.
The Border Sevice noted that the Tajik side completely blocked the road in the Tort-Kocho area. The movement of military equipment is recorded in Tajikistan in the direction of the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border.
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.
An emergency situation has been introduced in three villages of Batken Oblast.
According to the latest data, as a result of the conflict, 154 Kyrgyzstanis were injured, 31 were killed, including a 12-year-old girl.
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, at night, despite the agreements, there was shooting in the border villages of Leilek region, and houses of Kyrgyz citizens were burned and destroyed.
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