Kyrgyz government spokesman Nazirbek Borubaev said on July 30 that 94 percent of the 972-kilometer Kyrgyz-Tajik border had been agreed upon by officials from the two Central Asian nations, RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service reported.
Borubaev added that discussions between Kyrgyz and Tajik officials on defining the remaining sections of the border will be held on August 11-17.
The governor of Tajikistan’s Sughd region, Rajabboi Ahmadzoda, confirmed that 94 percent of the border had been agreed on.
The delimitation of the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has been an issue for decades. Several deadly clashes have taken place along the border’s disputed segments in recent years.
