Sep. 17 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ministry of Health of Kyrgyzstan has raised this Saturday to 103 the wounded admitted as a result of the clashes registered on the border with Tajikistan since Wednesday the 14th, in which 24 people have lost their lives this week.
The Government has released these data a few hours after both countries signed a ceasefire, according to ‘Vecherniy Bishkek’. The deputy speaker of the Kyrgyz Parliament, Alisher Kozuev, announced the agreement after a first failed attempt that collapsed within minutes after the outbreak of new fighting.
Tensions on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border escalated when Tajik border guard units penetrated an undefined area of the border near the Bulak Bashi area of Kyrgyzstan’s Batken region and “took up fighting positions”.
The Kyrgyz military requested that they leave the area, after which the Tajik officers opened fire. In addition, armed clashes took place in the Kak Sai and Pasky Aryk areas of the Batken region.
The border between the two countries, which extends for more than 970 kilometers, has been the scene of various clashes in recent years due to the fact that several points are not delimited, which causes disputes between Bishkek and Dushambé over the control of said territories. .
This lack of clear demarcation has led to disputes over the use of land and water resources, with frequent clashes between border guards from one country and another and brawls between the communities that were separated after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.
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