Tajikistan accused Kyrgyzstan of “provocative actions”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, in its statement, accused Kyrgyzstan of “a number of provocative actions that increase tension at the border.”

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In its statement dated September 21, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan noted that the Kyrgyz side “creates a false impression of withdrawing troops and heavy military equipment from the line of contact and conceals them in the border settlements of the Laylak and Chon-Alai districts of Batken region of Kyrgyzstan.”

It was noted that the Tajik side continues to record numerous violations of Tajikistan’s airspace by unmanned aerial vehicles entering from the territory of Kyrgyzstan.

“On September 19 and 20, flights of Kyrgyz UAVs were observed over the city of Isfara, the districts of Devashtich, Bobojon Gafurov, Jabbor Rasulov, and Rasht of the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as over Tajik border outposts ‘Sarhadchi’ and ‘Shirinchashma’ in the Lakhsh district, ‘Rosrovut’ and ‘Muryak’ in the Devashtich district, and over military units of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan,” the statement said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan called on the Kyrgyz side to strictly adhere to the signed protocols for normalizing the situation in the border area. “Otherwise, the Tajik side will interpret the situation as preparation for another aggression by Kyrgyzstan. Responsibility for the consequences of such provocative actions will lie with the Kyrgyz side,” the statement emphasized.