DUSHANBE
, February 15, Asia-Plus –
Tajikistan
shares 4,183 km borders with
Afghanistan
,
China
,
Kyrgyzstan
and
Uzbekistan
, Tajik border service chief Saydamir Zuhurov noted at a regular sitting of the second session of the Majlisi Namoyandagon (
Tajikistan
’s lower chamber of parliament) on February 15.
Addressing the parliament Zuhurov noted that issues related to delimitation and demarcation of
Tajikistan
’s common borders with
Uzbekistan
and
Kyrgyzstan
have not yet been solved completely.
“If on the border with
Uzbekistan
we have fulfilled some 80%-85% of work, while on the border with
Kyrgyzstan
, we have not even started considering the delineation issue because there is a number of disputable problems in this area,” Tajik border service chief said.
On the present state of Tajik border troops, Zuhurov noted that at present they were considering issue related to further improvement of the structure of the border protection committee.
According to him, last year’s natural disasters caused damage to the areas of totaling 21 square kilometers in Panj, Shahritus and Hamadoni districts, where several border units are stationed. “At present we are negotiating with international organization the issue of providing assistance to us in rehabilitating the affected engineering works,” the border service chief said.
