DUSHANBE, January 20, 2014, Asia-Plus — “I have an irrefutable evidence that the Kyrgyz side is building the Koktash-Aksai-Tamdyk road through the territory of Tajikistan,” Head of the Chief Staff of Tajikistan’s Border Troops, Major-General Sharaf Fayzulloyev told Asia-Plus Monday afternoon.
Concerning a note issued by the Kyrgyz authorities following Fayzulloyev’s statement regarding the recent border clash, Tajik general said he has not yet familiarized himself with the note.
“However, I will not change my position because it is true and based on documents and authentic facts,” Fayzulloyev noted.
We will recall that five Kyrgyz border guards, one Kyrgyz policeman, and two Tajik border guards were hospitalized with injuries on January 11 after tensions escalated into exchanges of gunfire along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border.
According to Radio Liberty, official Bishkek announced on January 14 that the construction of the road would continue despite Tajikistan”s request to halt the project until the border is delimited.
The Kyrgyz authorities issued two protest notes and closed frontier crossings.
