These two former Soviet republics have a tense relationship over territorial issues that cover almost half of the 970 kilometers of common border and over access to water.
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan accuse each other of violating the ceasefire decreed after the latest hostilities.
The Kyrgyz border guards reported in a statement that this morning the Tajik army fired mortar fire on at least four occasions against border military positions in Kyrgyzstan.
The incidents occurred in the Kyrgyz regions of Osh and Batken, in the south of the country.
“Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards are expected to negotiate,” a source quoted by the AFP news agency said.
The Tajik guards also denounced the violation of the ceasefire.
“Shots were fired in border areas of Tajikistan, from the towns of Samarkandek and Koktosh, in the (Kyrgyz) region of Batken,” explained the Tajik guards, quoted by the official Jovar news agency.
However, they reported that the bombing ceased and the negotiations resumed. The situation on the border is “relatively stable,” they said.
Hours earlier, the Kyrgyz and Tajik presidents, Sadyr Japarov and Emomali Rakhmon, had agreed to a ceasefire during a meeting on the sidelines of a regional summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Uzbekistan.
2021 saw an unprecedented number of clashes between the two countries, leaving more than 50 dead and raising fears that the conflict could spread.
Although clashes regularly take place on the border between the two countries, which have maintained their territorial dispute for years, the latest clashes illustrate a notable escalation of violence.
Source: Ambito
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