The meeting between Yatimov and Tashiev took place in Tajikistan

On December 1, a meeting took place in the city of Buston, Sughd region of Tajikistan, between the head of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan, Saymumin Yatimov, and the head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, Kamchybek Tashiev.

According to the news agency “Khovar,” citing the State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan, the co-chairs of the governmental delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan for the delimitation and demarcation of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border, Saymumin Yatimov and Kamchybek Tashiev, assessed the work of these delegations as “positive.”

The parties noted the “necessity to activate the process of completing the description of the projected line of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border on the remaining sections.”

Details about the progress of the negotiations between the governmental delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan regarding the delimitation and demarcation of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border are unknown. It is also unclear what specific documents were agreed upon or signed.

The Tajik side has previously not disclosed details about the progress of the negotiations to the public.

In contrast, the Kyrgyz side publicly informs journalists about the progress of the negotiations and the results achieved. In particular, the authorities of Kyrgyzstan have repeatedly promised to resolve the disputed border issues with Tajikistan by the end of 2023.

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