Military personnel on the Kyrgyz-Tajik borderBISHKEK, Jan 27 to the Kyrgyz border, RIA Novosti was told on Thursday at the press center of the border service of Kyrgyzstan. It is reported that at the initiative of the Tajik side at 22:18 (19.18 Moscow time) a second telephone conversation took place between the director of the border service of Kyrgyzstan, Ularbek Sharsheev, and the commander of the border troops of Tajikistan, Rajabali Rahmonali: speech again there was a ceasefire.» Director of the Border Guard Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic (Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic — ed.), Major General U. Sharsheev said that it was the Tajik side that did not cease fire, moreover, it continued to pull heavy military equipment and personnel to the border As of 23:00 (20.00 Moscow time — ed.), Tajik military personnel continue to periodically fire at the positions of Kyrgyz military personnel,» the representative said. press service. According to him, skirmishes continue in the areas of Eki-Tash, Kum-Bazar, Chir-Dobo. «Tajik servicemen fired from a mortar at the location of the servicemen of the Internal Troops of Kyrgyzstan, also in the area of Kocho-Boyu, as a result of shelling by Tajik servicemen, the house of a citizen of Kyrgyzstan burned down,» the border department added. Earlier on Thursday, the border service of Kyrgyzstan announced the beginning of a shootout between Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards. According to the agency, the Tajik side uses 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 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 the non-delimited areas where it is impossible to determine how the border between states runs.
