19:00, 17 сентября 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Aida DZHUMASHOVA
Situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border in Chon-Alai district is tense. The State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) informed 24.kg news agency.
The Tajik side opened fire from small arms and group weapons on the border guards at Karamyk outpost, thereby violating the previously reached agreements.
«Border guards stationed in Chon-Alai district are taking measures aimed at stabilizing the situation,» the SCNS said.
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 122 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.