Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have described over 90% of the border

The topographic working groups of the government delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have agreed upon and described an additional 47.05 km of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border.

According to Tajik and Kyrgyz media, from December 8 to 14, another meeting of the topographic working groups and legal working groups of the government delegations of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan took place in Batken to discuss the delimitation and demarcation of the border.

The parties reported that more than 47 kilometers of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border have been described. However, it is unclear which sections of the border or border areas this agreed line passes through.

The authorities of both countries stated that the negotiations on delimitation and demarcation are progressing successfully. Earlier, the President of Kyrgyzstan, Sadyr Japarov, announced that the border negotiations with Tajikistan are nearing completion, and a final point will be reached in the spring of 2024.

The co-chairs of the government delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan for the delimitation and demarcation of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border, Saymumin Yatimov and Kamchybek Tashiev, stated that more than 120 km of the border have been agreed upon.

According to Yatimov, more than 90% of the total length of the state border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan has already been described.

The length of the border line between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan is about 980 km. Approximately 660 km of the border between the two states have been delimited and demarcated, which constitutes about 70 percent of the border line.

In 2023, particularly in the last 3 months, the topographic working groups of the government delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have agreed upon about 100 km of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border. However, it is unknown which specific sections of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border have been agreed upon. This raises concerns among residents of the border areas.

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