Border tower in Kyrgyzstan. File photoBISHKEK, Sep 17Tajik military shelled the positions of the Kyrgyz border guards in the Osh region, RIA Novosti was told on Saturday at the press center of the border service of the State Committee for National Security (SC National Security Committee) of Kyrgyzstan. «Violating the ceasefire agreement, at 12.37 (9.37 Moscow time — ed.) the Tajik side began shelling the positions of the Kyrgyz border guards in the villages of Teshik-Tash, Karamyk and Karool-Dobo in the Chon-Alai district of the Osh region using mortars and artillery mounts. region, opened fire in return,» the spokesman said. According to him, in order to de-escalate the incident, the Kyrgyz military personnel were the first to unilaterally stop firing. «Negotiations between the border representatives of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are expected,» the ministry added. Large-scale clashes at the border Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan started on Friday morning. The parties accused each other of shelling. Fierce fighting between the military of the two countries lasted all day along almost the entire perimeter of the border. A ceasefire was achieved only by nightfall. The Kyrgyz side reported 24 dead and 103 injured of its citizens as a result of clashes. On Saturday morning, the clashes resumed. The parties accused each other of violating the ceasefire agreement.
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