Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan agreed on another 38-kilometer border
At the next meeting of the topographical working group in Botken, Kyrgyzstan, on January 10-16, an agreement was reached on the delimitation (determining the direction and position of common borders) and demarcation (setting the state border with border markers) of 38 kilometers of the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border.
The topographical working groups have agreed on the 38-kilometer Kyrgyz-Tajikistan state border, the press service of the Kyrgyz Cabinet of Ministers reports .
"On January 10-16, the next meeting of topographic working groups and working groups on legal issues of the government delegations of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan on the delimitation and demarcation of the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border was held in the city of Botken, Botken region of the Kyrgyz Republic," the report said.
Topographic working groups reached an agreement on 38.35 kilometers of the Kyrgyz-Tajikistan state border.
The parties will continue to work on the description of the remaining territories at the next meeting in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Earlier, we reported that an agreement was reached on the 47.05-kilometer section of the Kyrgyz-Tajikistan border on December 8-14. Later, another border of about 12 kilometers was agreed upon.
For information, the common border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan is 970 kilometers. At the moment, several hundred kilometers of the border line have not yet been delimited and demarcated . Meetings of the parties are held alternately in each other's territory.
Kyrgyz-Tajik conflict of 2022
On December 14, 2022 - on the eve of the SCO summit in Samarkand, an armed conflict began between the servicemen of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and the conflict continued until September 19.
In the largest and bloodiest conflict in the history of Kyrgyz-Tajik border conflicts, both sides blamed each other for the start of hostilities. According to the Kyrgyz government, 63 people were killed on the Kyrgyz side during the conflict, and about 140,000 people were evacuated. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, 59 people were killed by Tajikistan. Radio "Azodi" published a list of names of 83 people who died on the side of Tajikistan. According to Kyrgyz officials, more than 200 Tajik soldiers were killed and about 400 were wounded in the fighting.
Tajik authorities have reported that over 230 incidents involving the use of weapons have occurred on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border in the past 12 years.
On September 20, 2022, the countries signed a peace treaty.
