Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have completed procedures to clarify the line of the state border, President Sadyr Japarov said, TASS reports.
"Yesterday we put an end to the border issue with neighboring Uzbekistan," he said. At the same time, he did not specify which document was signed with Tashkent.
The President of Kyrgyzstag also touched upon the protests that took place in the fall against the transfer of the Kempir-Abad (Andijan) reservoir to the Uzbek side as part of the settlement of border disputes. "On this issue, groups appeared that tried to realize their personal interests, using Kempir-Abad as a pretext.
However, their final goal was not realized because people fully understood how the problem was solved. For almost 70 years, Kempir-Abad was ruled by neighboring Uzbekistan, now we will do it together," he said.
As Zhaparov explained, the agreement with Uzbekistan provides for a rule on the need to supply water to Kyrgyz villages. "But at present there is no such need. If at some point in the future there is a need for water, then we will solve the issue of water supply. If we had not introduced and resolved such a norm, then in the future a conflict could arise between the two peoples," he explained.
The length of the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border is over 1,300 km. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, several dozen disputed sections were formed along its line. For almost 30 years, Bishkek and Tashkent could not agree on the demarcation and delimitation of the border. The parties managed to intensify the process in the autumn of 2017, at the beginning of 2022 it remained to agree on the last 230 km, on which there were approximately 50 disputed sections. In autumn, the parliaments of the two states ratified agreements on the settlement of border issues.
According to the chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, Kamchybek Tashiev, the agreements on the remaining disputed areas determine that the Kyrgyz side has about 19 thousand hectares of disputed territories, Uzbekistan - 4.5 thousand hectares, including Kempir-Abad (Andijan) built in 1983 ) reservoir.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
December 29, 2022