DUSHANBE, January 13, 2014, Asia-Plus — Tajik government delegation, led by the Security Council Secretary Abdurahim Qahhorov, is currently in the administrative center of Kyrgyzstan’s Batken region to discuss with Kyrgyz officials causes of a recent border clash, according to the Sughd regional administration.
The Kyrgyz delegation is reportedly led by Deputy Interior Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Major-General Kursan Asanov.
The sides are discussing issues related to preparations for a joint patrol of the disputed segments of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border, a source at the Sughd regional administration said.
They reportedly pointed to the necessity of taking adequate measures to prevent such incidents in the future.
The talks are expected to conclude today evening.
We will recall that according to Kyrgyz officials, five Kyrgyz border guards, one Kyrgyz policeman, and three Tajik border guards were hospitalized with injuries on January 11 after tensions escalated into exchanges of gunfire along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border.
There were several clashes between Tajik and Kyrgyz nationals along the border in 2013. Many areas along the borders in Central Asia remain in dispute after collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
