BISHKEK, Jan 28 The situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border is stable, the night passed calmly, reported RIA Novosti on Friday at the press center of the border service of Kyrgyzstan. «As of 08.00 (5.00 Moscow time — ed.) January 28, 2022, the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border in the areas of Samarkandyk, Tort-Kocho, Kok-Tash, Dakhma, Kocho «Boyu and Golovnoy are characterized as stable. The night passed calmly, without incident,» the spokesman said. It is reported that the border service «monitors and monitors the situation.» On Thursday, the Kyrgyz border service 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 states lies. 2022/01/a24fdf5381cb04dd630a431ffd9fad39.jpg» />Infographic
