A meeting of residents of Batken region with the Chairman of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic Ularbek Sharsheev and the head of the region Abdikarim Alimbaev is taking place in Batken city. Local residents confirmed the information to 24.kg news agency.
According to them, residents of the border areas wanted to meet with the head of the security services, Kamchybek Tashiev, who signed protocols No. 39 and 42 from the Kyrgyz side.
«But he didn’t come. Representatives of the media were not allowed to attend the meeting. The topic is the security in the region and the protocols signed with Tajikistan. The locals oppose these arrangements with the neighboring country,» they said.
The heads of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan (SCNS) Kamchybek Tashiev and Tajikistan Saimumin Yatimov held talks on September 25.
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.
