Representatives of international and local media were brought to Batken region of Kyrgyzstan, which suffered from the invasion of Tajik military. The head of the Information Policy Service of the Presidential Executive Office, Daiyrbek Orunbekov, announced on Facebook.
«The main goal is to show the destroyed houses of civilians and social facilities, to convey the truth to the world community,» Daiyrbek Orunbekov wrote.
As the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers told 24.kg news agency, representatives of Reuters (Great Britain), National Geographic (USA), Anadolu Ajansı (Turkey), Interfax (Russia) and Kazakh journalists arrived in the region to cover the Batken events.
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 198 victims, 59 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.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan opened a criminal case on crimes against peace.
