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A Kyrgyz health ministry said 17 people were injured in the clash, one of them “fatally”.
The Tajikistan State Security Committee said two citizens were injured and one of them was in serious condition.
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zaparov has called on the people of the country to remain calm and not provoke conflicts over the conflict with Tajikistan.
“I urge all the Kyrgyz people, especially the political forces and the media, to remain calm, not to give in to provocations, not to incite hostility and discord,” the head of state said in a statement. issued through social networks.
“We will always find common ground with the Tajik brothers and solve all problems only in the interest of our neighbors and in the harmony of our former country.” People who try to incite conflict from within are now in danger, “added S. Zaparov. .
The Border Service of the Kyrgyz National Security Committee has indicated that the two countries are sending additional forces across their common border.
AFP / “Scanpix” nuotr./Sadyras Žaparovas
“Additional forces and assets are being mobilized on both sides along the entire Kyrgyz-Tajik border,” the service said in a statement, saying the border situation remains extremely tense.
The fighting continues
The border service reported that the shooting, which began at 2 pm 5 minutes. local time (11 am 5 min. Lithuania).
The Kyrgyz National Security Committee reported that Tajik forces fired minesweepers and machine guns at a dam in the village of Kok Tash, in the western area of Batken, near the border with Tajikistan.
The Interfax news agency reported that some 400 Kyrgyz residents had been evacuated from Kok Tash and a settlement in the country.
Kyrgyz officials later reported that clashes had broken out on another section of the border, in the Leilek district of the Batken region.
“Two units of the Kyrgyz state border guard are involved in military clashes with Tajiks in the Leilek district of the Batken region,” Omurbek Suvanliyev, a government spokesman for the region, told Interfax.
Much of the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan remains unmarked, leading to fierce disputes between the people of the two countries over water resources, land and pastures. The delegations of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have held various talks in recent years, but have failed to resolve the problem.
The Tajikistan National Security Committee said that Kyrgyz troops were the first to fire on Tajikistan’s border guards and accuse a neighboring country of trying to occupy territory that Tajikistan considers its own.
Several Tajiks were reportedly injured by stones thrown by Kyrgyz.
Kyrgyz authorities say the conflict broke out on Wednesday after Tajik officials tried to install video cameras to monitor the water reservoir near Kok Tash. Kyrgyzstan has resisted the measure.
Both parties represent rights to the area around the dam. This dispute has been developing for several decades, since both countries belonged to the Soviet Union.
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