Another meeting of Yatimov and Tashiev. What issues were resolved?

The heads of the State Committees for National Security of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Saymumin Yatimov and Kamchybek Tashiev, met in Buston.

According to local media, on November 23, 2024, during this meeting, the co-chairs of the government delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan for the delimitation and demarcation of the state border — Saymumin Yatimov and Kamchybek Tashiev — discussed issues related to the delimitation of the remaining sections of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border.

It was reported that the heads of the delegations instructed working groups to continue their work on defining the border line between the two countries on the remaining sections.

The Tajik side, as usual, did not go into details, only noting that “the meeting took place in an atmosphere of friendship and mutual understanding.”

Meetings of the government delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on the delimitation and demarcation of the state border have been held regularly since 2002. The meetings take place alternately in both countries.

In recent years, several armed clashes have occurred along the border with Kyrgyzstan, resulting in dozens of casualties on both sides and hundreds injured.

The length of the border line between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan is approximately 980 km. The majority of the border between the two states has been delimited and demarcated. 

Earlier, Yatimov claimed that more than 90% of the total length of the state border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan has already been described. According to him, there are less than 100 kilometers of undelimited sections remaining.

At the same time, earlier, at the end of 2023, the President of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov, stated that the issues of delimitation and demarcation of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border would be finally resolved by March 2024.

Previously, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced at a press conference that Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan would sign a final agreement on border issues in March of this year.

However, as it appears, the issues of delimitation and demarcation of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border are still unresolved. When this will happen is unknown.