has passed more than five hours from the beginning of the negotiations of the Presidents of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, Emomali Rakhmon and Sadyra Zaparov in a bilateral format, reports Asia Plus.
According to information, the heads of state began a meeting in the format of TET-A-TET at 9:20 local time and it was expected that it would last until 11:00. Before meeting with the eye, Emomali Rakhmon said that the parties would discuss the entire spectrum of bilateral cooperation and the countries are interested in the fruitful development of interaction.
Zaparov answered this: “Our interaction survived a difficult time after the events of April 28. We need to solve the problem to continue not to be repeated like … Kyrgyz and Tajiks – fraternal peoples.”
The presidents then went to a meeting behind closed doors and with them, according to journalists, they took drawing tubes – in these are usually transported geographical maps or drawings.
At the end of April of the current year at the Kyrgyz-Tajik region of the State Genructure on the water intake in the village of Kok Tash of the Batken district of the Kyrgyz region of Kyrgyzstan occurred between the inhabitants of the two countries, which then turned into an armed clash. Periodic shelling in the Batken and Leishek districts of the Batken region of Kyrgyzstan continued from the end of April to May.
Head of the GKNB Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashikov and the head of the GKNB Tajikistan Saimumin Yatimov eventually signed a protocol on the cease-fire. During the four-day conflict from the Kyrgyz side, at least 180 people were injured, 36 killed, including two children. Tajik authorities officially announced 19 dead and 87 wounded. Another incident in the Kyrgyz-Tajik border occurred in early June.