On Tuesday March 2, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tajikistan to Kyrgyzstan Nazirmad Alizoda met in Bishkek with the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Nuran Niyazaliyev.
Kyrgyzstan Foreign Ministry says the parties confirmed their mutual readiness to further intensify cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, including the holding of bilateral events at different levels.
They reportedly reach an agreement to work out practical steps to organize meetings between the authorities of the two countries.
Alizoda and Niyazaliyev also exchanged views on a number of regional and international issues being of mutual interest.
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic were established on January 14, 1993 by signing the Protocol. The Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic functions in Dushanbe since March 1997. The Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan functions in Bishkek.
For the purpose of efficiently solving priority issues and further deepening of the bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Kyrgyz Republic the sustainable institutional foundation was established – Interstate Coordinating Council, The Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan and Kyrgyz Republic, two Tajik-Kyrgyz Intergovernmental commissions: for comprehensive review of bilateral issues and on delimitation and demarcation of borders.
Priorities of political contacts of two countries are reviewed in the context of such common goals as strengthening of security and stability in the region, the assistance for further development of the integration process.
In this respect, cooperation within the framework of UN, OSCE, CIS, SCO, CSTO, IFAS, financial institutions and other international and regional organizations where the Republic of Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic take part in, is of great importance.
However, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have not yet resolved the border delineation problem and the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan has been the scene of unrest repeatedly since the collapse of the former Soviet Union.
