Rahmon and Japarov agreed to ceasefire

On September 16 in Samarkand, during a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon met with the President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov.

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According to the press service of the President of Kyrgyzstan, the parties discussed the situation at 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 Chairman of the State National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiev and the Chairman of the State National Security Committee of Tajikistan Saymumin Yatimov will work on-site, and a commission will be established to investigate the circumstances and causes of the incident, the statement noted.

The press service of the President of Tajikistan reported that the parties agreed to establish a commission to investigate the causes of the armed incident and instructed the co-chairs of the Intergovernmental Commission on the Delimitation and Demarcation of the State Border to intensify its work, including the activities of working groups on topographical and legal issues.

The heads of state were united in their opinion that all emerging issues should be resolved exclusively through political and diplomatic means, the source noted.

It was previously reported that negotiations had begun between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on a ceasefire. During the negotiations, an agreement was reached to create a joint commission to monitor compliance with the ceasefire regime in the border areas.