To-date, three border crossing points (BCPs) have reopened along Tajikistan’s common border with Uzbekistan. But not all categories of citizens are allowed to proceed via these BCPs.
A source within the government of Tajikistan says that only Tajik students studying in Uzbekistan and Uzbek students studying in Tajikistan as well as those nationals of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan who have a wife, a husband or children in the neighboring country are allowed to proceed via these BCPs.
Besides, nationals of both countries having written permission from the Standing Committees on COVID-19 Response of the two countries are allowed proceeding via the BCPs.
Persons wanting to proceed via these BCPs will have to show a negative coronavirus test completed within 72 hours (three days) before proceeding, the source added.
Currently, eighteen BCPs operate along the Tajik-Uzbek border; nine of them have an international status. Fourteen BCPs are located in the northern Sughd province and the remaining four BCPs are located in the southern Khatlon province and in the Tursunzoda district (central Tajikistan).
The border crossing points were reportedly sealed in mid-March due to the coronavirus crisis,
Meanwhile, negotiations between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on resumption of regular flights in 2021 are still under way.
