Exchange of fire between the border units of the parties was stopped in Kak-Sai area of Batken region. The Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan reported.
The situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border is characterized as tense.
Border delegations of the two republics continue to negotiate.
Recall, the border guards of Kyrgyzstan discovered a border detachment of Tajikistan this morning in Bulak-Bashi area of Batken region. The military personnel of the neighboring country took up combat positions on a disputed section of the state border. The demands of the Kyrgyz border guards to leave the territory were ignored. Tajik border guards opened fire. In response, the servicemen of the Kyrgyz Republic also used weapons. A shootout began, during which the Tajik side used mortars. Two soldiers were wounded.
