On the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Archival photoDUSHANBE, September 19, by Lidia Isamova. Heads of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan Saimumin Yatimov and Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiev held talks, as a result of which a protocol was signed providing for the withdrawal of additional forces from the border line, RIA Novosti was told in the press service Chairman of the Sughd region. «The parties discussed issues of ensuring stability in the border areas, and also stressed the obligatory observance of the ceasefire,» the source said. The head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, Kamchybek Tashiev, confirmed the signing of the protocol to journalists. The situation on the border is stabilizing,» the head of the special service said. According to Tashiev, work to stabilize the situation on the border between the two countries will continue. Large-scale clashes on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan began 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. On Saturday morning, intermittent clashes resumed. The parties accused each other of violating the ceasefire agreement. The skirmishes stopped only by Saturday evening.
