A two-day meeting of the Tajik-Kyrgyz commission for delimitation and demarcation of the mutual border concluded in Tajik northern city of Guliston on March 17.
The delegations of both countries were led by chiefs of security agencies: the head of the State Committee on National Security of (SCNS) Tajikistan Saimumin Yatimov and the head of the Kyrgyz SCNS Kamchybek Tashiyev.
Recall, the commission had previously been headed by deputy prime ministers.
The Tajik MFA information department says the two sides exchanged views on the process of delineation of the mutual border. The meeting was reportedly held in a friendly atmosphere.
Tajik foreign ministry did not give the details of the meeting
Most likely, the parties decided to continue border talks. In any case, Tajik foreign ministry does not report how the negotiations ended.
A source within the Tajik government had previously said that the meeting was being held behind closed doors.
It is to be noted that many border areas in Central Asia have been disputed since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The situation is particularly complicated near the numerous exclaves in the Ferghana Valley, where the borders of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan meet.
The border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan has been the scene of unrest repeatedly since the collapse of the former Soviet Union.
Border talks between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan began in 2002. The countries share 976 kilometers of border – of which only 504 kilometers has reportedly been properly delineated.
In 2019 alone, there were at least fourteen cases of violence, in which six Tajik nationals and one Kyrgyz citizen were killed and more than 60 other people were injured.
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan renewed interest in border delimitation suggests that the governments want to dedicate more attention and resources to the communities living in the Ferghana Valley.
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