The Uzbek military suspended the transfer of the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border in the Batken region of the Kyrgyz Republic.
This is reported by Radio Azattyk with reference to the head of the Batken district Uchkunbek Zhorobayev.
According to the head of the district, on the morning of November 4, Uzbek border guards launched a large-scale operation in the village of Kishtut in the Batken district to move the border into the village. In particular, an excavator was brought here and began to dig ditches.
According to Uchkunbek Zhorobayev, after that, the villagers began to gather in the area in protest.
"Uzbekistan wanted to move its border to the territory where the administration of the village of Kishtut passes through the village of Tayan and this area has already been agreed between the two countries. But after the population began to gather, the Uzbek authorities met with the head of the administration of the village of Kishtut, Kyrgyz border guards and other officials. After that, the Uzbek side suspended work on the border. In fact, this territory belongs to Uzbekistan," the head of the district said.
The Uzbek side has not yet commented on the message.
In 2017, the presidents of the two countries signed an agreement on the demarcation of 1,170 kilometers or 85 percent of the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border. In February, the governments of the two countries announced that another 10 percent of the disputed territory of the border had been agreed, Radio Ozodlik (Uzbekistan) says.
