The border services of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have begun the withdrawal of personnel from the places of deployment of mothballed posts and frontier posts. The head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) Kamchybek Tashiev announced this live.
Answering the question whether the Tajik side would once again violate the agreements reached, Kamchybek Tashiev replied that no one can guarantee that nothing would happen in the future.
«The Kyrgyz side will fulfill all the points specified in the protocol. We will demand the same from the Tajik side. From today, the border services of the two countries began to withdraw personnel from these posts. The withdrawal will be over today or tomorrow by the evening,» he added.
Kamchybek Tashiev stressed that the second most important point of the signed protocol is the withdrawal of heavy military equipment from the state border.
«We agreed to leave in hands of the border services only those weapons, which can be used to protect the state border, and not fight. That is, we must remove all tanks, guns,» the SCNS head said.
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.
