The Department of Information and Communications of the Border Guard Service of the State Security Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic reports that as of 17:00 the situation in the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border is tense In accordance with the agreements, the units of the Border Guard Service of the State Security Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic have ceased fire in the areas of clashes. On the Tajik side, the intensity of shelling has drastically decreased, but in some sections of the border, the Tajik military periodically shells Kyrgyz positions.