The conflict between the countries has flared up again with renewed vigor.
Today, on January 27, a shootout between border guards of the two countries began again on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
This is reported by the Kyrgyz service of Radio Liberty.
The incident occurred in the areas of Cake-Kocho and Chir-Dobo on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. The situation on this section of the border is called tense. The military is being pulled to the place of the conflict.
The Border Service of Kyrgyzstan stated that the Tajik side uses mortars and grenade launchers.
As Sputnik notes in Tajikistan, a barracks situation has been declared in the conflict zone, Dushanbe is sending all security forces, the army and the Interior Ministry there. According to the newspaper, three Tajik soldiers were wounded. Later, the Tajik authorities reported that six of their citizens were injured as a result of the shooting. In Kyrgyzstan, no victims were reported.
Then the Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of Kyrgyzstan in the Batken region, Marifzhan Tulaev, assured that the fire had stopped from the Tajik side.
The Kyrgyz side is evacuating residents of areas bordering Tajikistan.
Why there was a conflict
The Kyrgyz media call the cause of the conflict construction work on the border territory, which was started by Tajikistan. As a result of the work, the road was blocked.
In turn, Tajik media claim that the clashes broke out due to the fact that Tajik cars were pelted with stones. There was a scuffle between residents of both countries, which then turned into a shooting between border guards.
Recall that the last conflict between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan occurred in April of this year.
The fact is that 40% of the borders between the countries have not yet been demarcated and it is because of this that skirmishes occur.What Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan did not share, read in the article ТСН.иа .
