DUSHANBE, March 4 2015, Asia-Plus — Kyrgyz Vice-Premier Abdyrahman Mamataliyev heading a Kyrgyz government delegation is arriving in Dushanbe today for participation in the next session of the Tajik-Kyrgyz commission for demarcation and delimitation of disputable stretches of common border.
Co-chaired by Kyrgyz Vice-Premier Abdyrahman Mamataliyev and Tajik Deputy Prime Minister Murodali Alimardon, the session will take place here on March 5.
Some sources said that it could not be ruled out that Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan would sign an agreement on confidence building measures along their common border.
Kyrgyz foreign Minister Erlan Abyldayev was on an official visit to Tajikistan on February 9-11 to discuss cooperation issues with high-ranking Tajik state officials. They, in particular, exchanged views on a draft government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on strengthening confidence building measures along the common border.
We will recall that Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have been locked in a tense border dispute over Vorukh, an exclave of Tajikistan within Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan has suggested using the maps of the periods of 1955-1959 for demarcation and delimitation of the disputable stretches of the border while Tajikistan has suggested working with documents and maps of the period of 1924-1927. The maps of the early 1920s show the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic as incorporating Vorukh within its borders while the maps of the 1950s show Vorukh as an exclave within the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic.
