The President of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov, unlike the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, revealed some details of the border agreement between the two countries. On December 13, President Sadyr Japarov informed journalists that all disputed sections of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border have been divided equally. “The disputed territories on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border have been divided on […]
The President of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov, unlike the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, revealed some details of the border agreement between the two countries.
On December 13, President Sadyr Japarov informed journalists that all disputed sections of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border have been divided equally.
“The disputed territories on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border have been divided on equal terms — 50/50,” Japarov stated.
“After the intergovernmental commissions of the two countries complete their work, the documents will be signed by the foreign ministers. Then there will be ratifications by the parliaments, and the final stage will be the signing by the presidents of the two countries. Thus, all border issues between the Central Asian countries will be resolved,” noted Sadyr Japarov.
However, the Kyrgyz president did not mention any specific sections, leaving open the question of which sections were assigned to Kyrgyzstan and which to Tajikistan.
Additionally, the Tajik side, including President Emomali Rahmon, has not yet commented on the signed agreement, although the public is raising this question.
At the same time, the President of Kyrgyzstan stated that the border posts with Tajikistan, which have been closed since 2021 — since the armed conflict occurred in these territories — will reopen immediately after the delimitation of the border is completed. According to him, resolving the border issues will create conditions for strengthening friendship between the two peoples, attract investments, improve the standard of living, and allow for the resumption of trade, which will positively impact the economies of both countries.
On December 4, 2024, another meeting of the co-chairs of the government delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on the delimitation and demarcation of the state border, Saymumin Yatimov and Kamchybek Tashiev, took place in the city of Batken.
After this meeting, the heads of the State National Security Committee (GKNB) of the two countries, Saymumin Yatimov and Kamchybek Tashiev, reported that at this meeting, the government delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan “completely” finished describing the remaining sections of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border, and the working groups of the government delegations on delimitation and demarcation of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border were tasked with starting the process of formalizing the final delimitation documents.
The head of the GKNB of Kyrgyzstan, Kamchybek Tashiev, called this day “historic.” According to him, now only “legal formalization, ratification through the parliaments, and signing of documents by the presidents of the countries” remain. He stated that this will take several more months.
The details of the state border line remain unknown. Neither Yatimov nor Tashiev specified the sections assigned to either side.
Kamchybek Tashiev will present a report on the delimitation and demarcation of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border in the Jogorku Kenesh in January 2025. However, it is unknown when Saymumin Yatimov will report to the Parliament of Tajikistan and the people of the country.