DUSHANBE, January 15, 2014, Asia-Plus – Commander of Tajik border troops Rahmonali Rajabali met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Raimberdi Duishenbiyev met in the Tajik northern city of Isfara on January 15 to discuss the current situation on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border and develop joint measures to stabilize the situation on the mutual border.

Chiefs of Tajik and Kyrgyz border services reportedly agreed to jointly take efforts to allay tensions on the disputed segments of the border.  

The sides are expected to sign an appropriate protocol on border cooperation in the near future, the source said.

Meanwhile, Kyrgyz media sources report that Kyrgyz Ambassador to Tajikistan Urmat Saralayev will not return to Dushanbe until investigation into the border incident is completed.

Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Ministry reportedly noted that the period for which Kyrgyz ambassador to Tajikistan had been recalled was not defined.  “Everything depends on how long the investigation into the cause of the incident will take and whether the guilty persons will be punished,” the Kyrgyz MFA was quoted as saying.