The heads of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed a protocol on settlement of the situation at the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. The Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kamchybek Tashiev, told journalists.
According to him, the main goal of the document is «the resolution of the latest conflict on the border, elimination of its consequences and prevention of new conflicts.»
«On the basis of the protocol, relevant instructions were given to local governments and law enforcement agencies, and we will personally control their execution,» he said.
The meeting was held at Kyzyl-Bel checkpoint on September 25.
Earlier, Saimumin Yatimov and Kamchybek Tashiev held talks, as a result of which they also signed a protocol on establishing peace. The document provides for the withdrawal of additional forces from the border line.
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, 62 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.
