Checkpoints have been set up at the entrance to the city of Batken and the main roads have been blocked.
The measures were taken in connection with the introduced emergency situation. Unexploded shells may be found on one of the sections of the road.
People heading to Batken are forced to bypass the main highway. Police officers are also on duty at the roadblocks.
An emergency situation has been introduced in Batken region. Shooting began at several sites of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the morning of September 16. Settlements in Leilek and Batken district came under fire. The Ministry of Health reported 103 victims, 24 people were killed. As a result of the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, residents of seven villages in Batken and Leilek districts, as well as Dzhekendi village in Chon-Alai district of Osh region, left their homes.
Presidents Sadyr Japarov and Emomali Rahmon agreed to ceasefire. But, according to the latest data from the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, the Tajik side violated the agreements again.
