Border tower in Kyrgyzstan. File photoBISHKEK, Sep 16 Presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan Sadyr Japarov and Emomali Rahmon agreed to withdraw the military from the border between the two countries, RIA Novosti was told in the press service of the Kyrgyz leader. The meeting of the heads of state took place on the sidelines of the summit SCO in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.The Foreign Ministry called on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to urgently take de-escalation measures»The parties discussed the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border. The leaders of the two countries agreed to instruct the relevant structures to cease fire and withdraw forces and means from the line of contact,» the spokesman said .According to him, Japarov and Rakhmon agreed that the chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiev and his Tajik counterpart Saimumin Yatimov will work on the spot, «a commission will be created to investigate the circumstances and causes of the incident.» An agreement was also reached to speed up the work of the intergovernmental commission of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the delimitation and demarcation of the state border,» the presidential office emphasized. Large-scale clashes on the border of the two republics began this morning. The parties accuse each other of shelling. In Bishkek, 42 casualties are reported, and in Dushanbe, one dead soldier and three wounded. According to Sputnik-Kyrgyzstan, 15-year-old Elzada Mannanova from the village of Dostuk died from a shrapnel wound as a result of the conflict. Conflicts at the border regularly arise due to the fact that the parties have not completed the process of delimitation and demarcation of some sections. 
Kyrgyz border guards announce ceasefire
