BISHKEK, Jan 28 President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, the head of the State Committee for National Security Kamchybek Tashiev told reporters. «The situation is under the control of President Sadyr Japarov, he is in constant contact with us. moment the situation on the border is relatively stable. He clarified that there were no casualties among the military and civilians of Kyrgyzstan, 11 people were injured — all of them are currently receiving the necessary treatment. 50In Kyrgyzstan, they said that the number of injured military had increased to 11 people. The head of the state committee also said that a meeting with representatives of the Tajik side was scheduled on Friday, at which the incident on the border would be discussed. On Thursday, the border service of Kyrgyzstan announced the beginning of a shootout between Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards. According to the agency, the Tajik side used grenade launchers and mortars. The cause of the conflict was the blocking of the highway connecting the Kyrgyz cities of Isfana and Batken by the Tajik military. The clashes lasted for several hours, a truce was reached after negotiations between representatives of the two countries around 00.00 Moscow time on January 28. The border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan periodically becomes a zone of conflict between local residents and border guards of the two countries. The reason for this is non-delimited sections where it is impossible to determine how the border between the states lies.
