Tajikistan is resolving border questions with its neighbours

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Border traffic between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan was restored on Dec. 4. The Uzbeks unilaterally closed the border on Nov. 27 without notifying its neighbouring country in advance. After the fact, Tashkent officially declared that this decision was taken for reasons of a technical nature.

For an entire week, Uzbek border guards only let holders of diplomatic passports, citizens of Russia, and also citizens of Tajikistan returning from Uzbekistan to their native country pass through checkpoints.

The visa regime between the two countries was introduced in August 2001, despite the fact that both republics are members of the CIS, within the boundaries of which a visa-free regime of movement is stipulated.

At the end of November Tajikistan was forced to resolve disputed border questions with its other neighbour – Kyrgyzstan. A meeting of the heads of the Security Councils of both republics was convened in the Kyrgyz Batken Region. It took place against the background of a Nov. 23 incident when Kyrgyz border guards attempted to chase Tajik shepherds from its territory and security officials from Tajikistan came to the assistance of the shepherds.

According to the Kyrgyz Security Council press service, the sides “arrived at a unanimous opinion on matters concerning the border problems and signed the appropriate agreements." These agreements mainly involve the construction of a bridge on a disputed section of the border and a 24 kilometre motorway around the Tajik villages of Chorku and Surkh. According to the signed agreements, the bridge will be built by Kyrgyzstan.

[Aziya-Plyus news agency, AKIpress news agency]