Closure of three frontier posts and one outpost was agreed with the local population. Statement of the head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) Kamchybek Tashiev, published on Facebook by the head of the presidential press service, Daiyrbek Orunbekov, says.
According to the head of the security services, the reasons for the closure were frequent conflicts of the parties.
«The posts are located opposite each other, some of them 50 meters away. Verbal skirmishes of the soldiers immediately turned into shootouts. Then they blamed each other. In other words, the close location of the outposts of the two countries was the reason for the aggravation of the situation at the border. What changes will take place after the closure of these frontier posts? Not a meter of the border will be moved. There will be round-the-clock control. This is the 21st century, the age of technology. Control will be carried out with the help of satellite, drones,» Kamchybek Tashiev said.
He noted that the situation will be monitored by military personnel and local residents.
«Locals know every inch of land. So don’t mislead people by saying «posts are open». Posts are not open. The posts will be opened only when the border sections are demarcated. This is the decision of the country’s leadership. I would like to say to those who excite the people and want to realize their dirty thoughts: your dreams will not come true. We will not, like before, give land to anyone. We are not traitors. Don’t worry and sleep well. Everything will be fine. We won’t give an inch. We will solve the border issues,» the head of the SCNS concluded.
The head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) Kamchybek Tashiev and Tajikistan Saimumin Yatimov held talks on Sunday.
An agreement was reached to close and continue not to deploy any types of border guard units in the areas of Tamdyk (KR) and Bedak (RT) frontier posts, Bulak-Bashy (KR) and Kekh (RT) posts, Katta-Tuz (KR) and Karakchikum (RT) posts, Ak-Sai post in the area of Chaikhana (KR) and Sharshara posts in the area of Khojai-Alo (RT). The buildings and structures of these units will be mothballed.
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.
