The Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic reports that due to the current situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border in Chon-Alai district of Osh region, a telephone conversation took place between the First Deputy Chairman — Director of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic Major General Ularbek Sharsheev and the Commander of the Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan Colonel General Rajabali Rahmonali.
As a result of the negotiations at 2.20 p.m., the Tajik side stopped shelling the positions of the Kyrgyz border guards in Teshik-Tash, Karamyk and Karool-Dobo villages of Chon-Alai district from mortars and artillery pieces.
The Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic continues to carry out activities aimed at stabilizing the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border.
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 121 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.
