Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Jeenbek Kulubaev and Tajikistan Sirojiddin Mukhriddin met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo in New York. Press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic reported.
The meeting took place on September 23. The parties exchanged views on the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border and expressed their readiness to continue negotiations on a further peaceful settlement of the issue.
The parties noted the importance of fulfilling the agreements under the signed Protocol on settlement of the armed conflict in the border areas of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan dated September 19, 2022.
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.
