Military personnel on the Kyrgyz-Tajik borderBISHKEK, Jan 29Kyrgyzstan completes withdrawal of additional troops and equipment from the border with Tajikistan, RIA Novosti was told on Saturday at the press center of the border service of the republic. «The Kyrgyz side has already completed the withdrawal of additional forces and means from the border line to their permanent deployment points,» the representative of the press service said. on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border is characterized as stable. It is reported that on Saturday another meeting of representatives of the two countries took place on the incident at the border. The parties agreed to resume the work of the commission on the delimitation and demarcation of borders. On Thursday, the border service of Kyrgyzstan announced the start of a skirmish 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. Tajikistan accused Kyrgyzstan of provocations at the border. 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 areas where it is impossible to determine how the border between states lies. 2022/01/086034d0ccac753e808de7849bb1ceba.jpg» />Infographic
