Russia and the CIS (bbabo.net) - Tajikistan is gathering its armed forces to the border with Kyrgyzstan, where skirmishes between the border guards of the two countries took place earlier, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the press center of the Kyrgyz border service.

"Having stopped the mortar shelling of Kyrgyz villages, starting from 22.50 (19.50 Moscow time), the Tajik side periodically fires at the border guard servicemen of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic in the Radar-1 area of ​​the Batken district of the Batken region. incident," the statement said.

It is specified that as of 23.15 local time (20.15 Moscow time) the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border is characterized as tense.

"In order to coordinate the actions of the units of the border service ... and other law enforcement agencies, the director of the service ... Major General Ularbek Sharsheev is on site. The Border Service ... is taking all measures to stabilize the situation," the Kyrgyz border service added.

On Tuesday, there was a skirmish of soldiers on the border between the countries, the reason for this was the fact that the Tajik border guard crossed the border line. Negotiations between representatives of the two countries immediately began, thanks to which they managed to stop the fire for a short time. However, soon the firefight resumed and lasted about 30 minutes, and the Tajik military also began mortar shelling of the Kyrgyz village of Dostuk. According to preliminary data from the Kyrgyz side, during the skirmish, one border guard was injured on both sides.

The border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan periodically becomes a zone of conflict, including between local residents and border guards of the two countries. The reason for this is non-delimited areas where it is impossible to determine how the border between states runs.

The last major gun incident occurred at the end of January. The clashes between the border guards, which began due to the blocking of the Kyrgyz road by the Tajiks, lasted for several hours. A truce was reached only after negotiations between the representatives of the two countries. More than 30 people from both sides were injured during the conflict.

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