Tajikistan. File photoDUSHANBE, June 4Official Dushanbe called the actions of the Kyrgyz side on the border with Tajikistan last Friday a provocation and condemned it, the Tajik Foreign Ministry said in a statement. On June 3, 2022, at 10.40 (08.40 Moscow time) local time, in the area of responsibility of the border post «Keh» in the village of Vorukh, the city of Isfara, Sughd region, as a result of illegal deliberate penetration of the military personnel of Kyrgyzstan into the territory of Tajikistan, an armed incident occurred between the military personnel of the border troops of Tajikistan and the military units of Kyrgyzstan » , — the document says. It is noted that the cause of the armed incident was the Kyrgyz military ignoring the legitimate demands of the Tajik border guards to leave the territory of Tajikistan. «In response to the demands of representatives of T In Adjikistan, Kyrgyz servicemen took up firing positions and were the first to open fire in the direction of the Kekh border post in the village of Vorukh in the city of Isfara, Tajikistan. The situation was aggravated due to the pulling of additional forces and equipment by the Kyrgyz side,» the statement says. it was stated that separate units of the security forces of Kyrgyzstan, which are not part of the staff of the Border Guard Service of the country, were also used in the armed incident.An hour later, as a result of emergency negotiations held at the initiative of the Tajik side, a ceasefire was reached. the Tajik side organized the transfer of representatives of Kyrgyzstan to the scene of the incident on the territory of Tajikistan.Two Kyrgyz border guards were wounded in a skirmish on the border with Tajikistan «In view of the above, the Tajik side again notes the repeated practice of the Kyrgyz side ignoring key agreements, primarily on the ban on the use of firearms by military personnel and their strict adherence to the line of conduct of border guards,» the Tajik Foreign Ministry said. The document emphasizes that «the use by the Kyrgyz side of units of the security forces of their country that are not part of the staff of the country's border service is an unacceptable step leading to a sharp escalation of the situation on the state border line.» Moreover, this circumstance runs counter to the achievements of March 12 and April 13, 2022 by agreements between the border agencies of the Parties. Tajikistan reiterates its commitment to exclusively peaceful resolution of emerging issues with Kyrgyzstan,» the document concludes.
