The Information and Communications Department of the State Border Guard Service of the Kyrgyz Republic reporting:
Минометному обстрелу подверглось село Достук
17.09.2022The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic Jeenbek Kulubaev had a telephone conversation with the Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Zhang Ming
17.09.2022
The Information and Communications Department of the State Border Guard Service of the Kyrgyz Republic reports that at 11:30 am on September 17, 2022, units of the State Border Guard Service suppressed mortar shelling by Tajik servicemen in Dostuk village.
Then from 12:30 pm to 12:35 pm, the Tajik side shelled positions and units of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry’s Internal Troops in the Tort-Kocho area of Batken District.
The exchange of fire has now ceased.
An investigation into the incident has been launched.
12:37 pm, in violation of the ceasefire agreement, Tajikistan used mortars and artillery to shell Kyrgyz border guard positions in Teshik-Tash, Karamyk and Karool-Dobo villages in Chon-Alay district of Osh region. Units of the Border Guard Service of the SCNS of the Kyrgyz Republic stationed in Osh oblast returned fire.
However, to de-escalate the incident, the Kyrgyz soldiers were the first to unilaterally stop firing.
Negotiations between Kyrgyz and Tajik border officials are pending.