The President of Kyrgyzstan revealed details of border settlement

On January 28, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov revealed some details regarding the resolution of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border issue in an interview with the news agency “Kabar”.

He touched upon the conditions for resolving the issue, as well as the fate of houses located along the border line.

According to him, bilateral work on the documentation is currently underway. After that, the documents will be signed by intergovernmental commissions, followed by the foreign ministers. After these procedures, the agreement will be ratified by the parliaments of both countries, and then by the presidents of both countries.

Japarov noted that the border line spans thousands of kilometers.

“There were disputed territories in many areas. In some cases, these areas were divided equally. Additionally, we have border villages arranged like a chessboard, with mixed houses. We have also resolved this issue. Otherwise, border security would create significant inconveniences for both sides,” he stated.

According to the President of Kyrgyzstan, if houses belonging to Tajik citizens are found on the Kyrgyz side, the Tajik side will relocate them. If houses belonging to Kyrgyz citizens are found on the Tajik side, the President of Kyrgyzstan promised to relocate them. New houses will be built for everyone whose homes are located in the territory of the neighboring country, taking into account the size of the land plots, Japarov emphasized.

When the demarcation work begins, complete information will be provided, which will take 1-2 years, Japarov reported.

The Tajik side, including President Emomali Rahmon and Chairman of the State Committee for National Security Saymumin Yatimov, has remained silent about the results of the negotiations. It is still unclear how the disputed areas along the Tajik-Kyrgyz border were divided.

Previously, the Kyrgyz side also disclosed some details of the negotiations, while the authorities of Tajikistan have always remained silent.

It was earlier reported that the government delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have “fully” completed the description of the remaining sections of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border. The working groups of the government delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on the delimitation and demarcation of the Tajik-Kyrgyz state border were instructed to begin the process of formalizing the final delimitation documents.

On January 22, the head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, Kamchybek Tashiev, promised that the border issue would be resolved definitively by Navruz.

“We have reached an agreement on the entire border, with only about 50 kilometers remaining. The Tajik state commission on the delimitation and demarcation of the border is in Bishkek. I believe that by the end of January we will complete the work on describing the border,” said the head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan at that time.