Skirmish occurred on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

Kyrgyz military personnel. File photoBISHKEK, June 14.On the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, there was a shootout between the border guards, RIA Novosti was told in the press center of the Kyrgyz border service. , in the early morning in the Batken region, from the side of the Kekh post of the Tajik border troops, a shot was fired in the direction of the Kyrgyz post Bulak-Bashy. In response, the military republics also opened fire, the agency’s interlocutor explained. “The border guards of the two sides immediately took up combat positions. The border representative of the Kyrgyz Republic for the Batken region and the border representative of the Republic of Tajikistan for the Sughd region held telephone conversations. The heads of the border detachments of the parties left for the scene of the incident. However, at 07:50 (04:50 Moscow time — ed. note), the Tajik side again began a firefight using grenade launchers and mortars. At 08:10, the firefight stopped,» the press center said.Two Kyrgyz border guards were wounded in a shootout on the border with TajikistanNow representatives of Bishkek and Dushanbe are holding a meeting to clarify the causes of the incident and prevent an escalation of the situation, the agency’s source added. As of 8.40 (5:40 Moscow time), he described the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the border as tense.» Border Service The State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic is taking all necessary measures to stabilize the situation,» the department stressed. The border between 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.