In the future, there may be no need for the deployment of border guards on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border. The Chairman of the State National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan, Kamchybek Tashiev, reported that in the near future, there may be no need for a permanent border presence between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. He made this statement on […]
In the future, there may be no need for the deployment of border guards on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border.
The Chairman of the State National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan, Kamchybek Tashiev, reported that in the near future, there may be no need for a permanent border presence between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
He made this statement on November 3 during the 91st meeting of the Council of Commanders of Border Troops of the CIS member states in the city of Manas.
According to Kamchybek Tashiev, the leaders of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Emomali Rahmon and Sadyr Japarov, are working to establish conditions under which the residents of both countries could “live only in friendship.”
“We are confident that with such a level of trust and mutual understanding between our leaders, there will soon be no need for a permanent presence of border guards at the border,” noted the head of the State National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan.
Aside from these remarks, no further details about possible changes in border security have been disclosed. The Tajik side has also not officially commented on the words of the head of Kyrgyzstan’s security service.
The total length of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan is 1006.84 km. The process of demarcation and delimitation began in 2002, but by 2011, only 519.9 km had been defined. In the last three years, an additional 486.94 km has been demarcated.
Previously, armed clashes and killings of citizens from both sides occurred at the border between the two countries.
The last major conflict on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan occurred on September 16, 2022. According to authorities, more than 250 citizens of Tajikistan were killed or injured.
In some disputed areas along the common border between the two countries, armed clashes and killings of citizens from both sides have occurred in recent years.
The last major conflict on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan occurred on September 16, 2022. According to authorities, more than 250 citizens of Tajikistan were killed or injured.
After many years of conflict, on December 4, 2024, a meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on delimitation and demarcation of the state border took place in the city of Batken, Kyrgyzstan. After the meeting, the heads of the State National Security Committees of both countries — Saymumin Yatimov and Kamchybek Tashiev — stated in the media that the border issue between the countries has been fully resolved.
As part of the agreement, the parties exchanged land plots of approximately 190 hectares each.
In recent months, large-scale engineering works have been carried out on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, with more than 107 kilometers of wire and 3D fences installed, concrete pillars mounted, and over 143 kilometers of roads built.