16:00, 22 сентября 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Darya PODOLSKAYA
President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov held a meeting with the participation of members of the Cabinet of Ministers, heads of law enforcement agencies, the Secretary of the Security Council on the situation in Batken region. Press service of the head of state reported.
Information on ensuring border security and restoring the infrastructure in the region was heard at the meeting.
Sadyr Japarov gave a number of instructions regarding assistance to the evacuated residents of the border areas, restoration of damaged residential buildings and construction of new ones on the site of those completely destroyed as soon as possible before the onset of cold weather, the speedy restoration of social and civil infrastructure.
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.