The Government of Japan has decided to provide grant assistance to Kyrgyzstan in the amount of $1 million (about 83 million soms at the exchange rate of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic) in response to the worsening humanitarian situation in the Kyrgyz Republic caused by the conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. The Embassy of Japan in the Kyrgyz Republic reports.
It is specified that Japan, with the assistance of the UN World Food Program (WFP) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), will provide humanitarian assistance in areas such as food, shelter and non-food items.
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 206 victims, 63 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.
