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Kyrgyz media reports say the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan has rejected the petition of former President Askar Akayev, who requested to reinstate his ex-president status. The issue was discussed at a session of Jokorgu Kenesh (Kyrgyzstan’s unicameral parliament) that took place on September 25. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports cited Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security (SCNS) as saying on September 13 that the former prosecutor-general of Kyrgyzstan, Azimbek Beknazarov, was detained a day earlier on suspicion of having been involved in money laundering. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan Security Council Secretary Marat Imankulov proposes a land to exchange territory with Tajikistan to help resolve a long-standing border dispute. asiaplustj.info »
Meeting of the working groups of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on the implementation of Protocol No. 42 of September 25, 2022 took place in Guliston, the Tajik northern province of Sughd, on April 15, Tajikistan’s state-run news agency Khovar reported on April 19. asiaplustj.info »
In a dramatic turn of events on March 26, corrupt and once-powerful former customs official Rayimbek Matraimov was loaded onto a plane in Azerbaijan and flown to Kyrgyzstan to be arrested. Images circulated in local media showed Matraimov being hauled off a plane in handcuffs by masked agents with the State Committee for National Security, or GKNB. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan’s news agency Turmush , citing the press center of the administration of the Kyrgyz district of Batken, reported on March 14 that the Kyrgyz and Tajik delegations have met in Orto Boz village in the Kyrgyz Batken district to discuss carrying out spring field work in the border areas. asiaplustj.info »
Top Tajik diplomat Sirojiddin Muhriddin on March 2 met in Antalya, Turkiye with his Kyrgyz counterpart Jeenbek Kulubayev on the sidelines of the of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) that took place there on March 1-3. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik MFA information department Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubayev arrived in Dushanbe on February 4. On the same day, Tajik Foreign minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin and his Kyrgyz counterpart Jeenbek Kulubayev discussed issues related to state and prospects of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. asiaplustj.info »
On Monday February 5, President Emomali Rahmon received Kyrgyz Foreign minister Jeenbek Kulubayev, who arrived in Tajikistan on an official visit. The Tajik president’s official website says the parties discussed state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov o January 23 signed the Law on Amendments to Some Legislative Acts of the Kyrgyz Republic (Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes), the Kyrgyz president’s official website reported on January 24. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports says eleven Kyrgyz journalists have been placed in a pretrial detention facility for two months in relation to criminal proceedings instituted for alleged “calls for mass riots”. asiaplustj.info »
The Kyrgyz president’s press service said on December 22 the Kyrgyzstan will partially change the design on the country's national flag, with a corresponding law signed by President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov. asiaplustj.info »
The unilateral closure by the Kyrgyz authorities of the Kyrgyz-Tajik border has led increase in coal prices in the Tajik northern province of Sughd. Currently, Kyrgyz coal is being imported into Sughd province via Uzbekistan’s territory, and these are additional costs and, accordingly, price increases. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports say the Ministry of Digital Development of Kyrgyzstan has proposed a new concept – the temporary residence permit – for foreign citizens, including citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russia and Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Saimumin Yatimov, the chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan (SCNS), met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Kamchybek Tashiyev on October 16 in the Tajik northern city of Buston to discuss the border delineation issues. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will hold the active phase of its Indestructible Brotherhood 2023 peacekeepers’ drills in Kyrgyzstan from October 9-13. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reports that the presidents of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have held one-on-one talks for the second time in the space of a week in an apparent effort to soothe a surge in tensions over border issues. asiaplustj.info »
Provocative irredentist statements about Tajikistan by a top Kyrgyz official on the first anniversary of deadly border clashes between the two countries have caused alarm in Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan’s Ambassador to Tajikistan Erlan Abdyldayev was summoned to Tajikistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 16. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov did not participate in a regular meeting of the Council of Heads of Founding States of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) that took place in Dushanbe on September 15. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon today met here with his Kyrgyz counterpart Sadyr Japarov, who arrived in Dushanbe for participation in the Fifth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
A member of parliament, leader of the “Butun Kyrgyzstan” party Adakhan Madumarov has been arrested in Kyrgyzstan. asiaplustj.info »
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan’s southern region of Batken say the border with Tajikistan, shut down more than two years ago following a deadly standoff, can "gradually reopen" after delimitation and demarcation work between the two nations is fully accomplished. asiaplustj.info »
On Friday, June 2, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Sadyr Japarov in Kyrgyzstan’s resort town of Cholpon-Ata on the sidelines of the second European Union – Central Asia summit. asiaplustj.info »
Forces from both Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan committed apparent war crimes in attacks on civilians during their brief but intense armed border conflict in September 2022, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says in a report released on May 2. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports say Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has commented on the issue of delineation of the disputed stretches of Kyrgyzstan’s common border with Tajikistan. Thus, 24.kg reports that Japarov said in an interview with Kabar news agency that “there are developments, but the work is going too slowly. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov has published appeal to the partner countries and international financial institutions on his social media page. "We see the smog problem has become one of the relevant issues in Kyrgyzstan for the last several years. asiaplustj.info »
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiyev, who is also Head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security, has reportedly told live on social networks how the negotiation process with Tajikistan on delineation of the disputed segments of the mutual border is progressing. Kyrgyzstan’s 24. asiaplustj.info »
Co-chaired by Head of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan (SCNS) Saimumin Yatimov and his Kyrgyz counterpart Kamchybek Tashiyev, a regular meeting of the Tajik-Kyrgyz intergovernmental commission on delimitation and demarcation of the mutual border took place in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, on November 14. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz President Sadyr raised the issue of border disputes of Kyrgyzstan with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan at a summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) that took place in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on November 11. asiaplustj.info »
The Kyrgyz government has suspended access to the website of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Kyrgyz Service , known locally as Radio Azattyk , after RFE/RL refused to take down a video of one of its news programs that reported on clashes at the border with Tajikistan, Radio Azattyk reported on October 26. asiaplustj.info »
Until last year, ethnic Kyrgyz people were able to cross into neighboring Kyrgyzstan with their Tajik passports. Now they must first travel to a third country, an option few can afford. Eurasianet says the predicament is the product of border tensions. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz authorities have blamed Internet disruption that occurred in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, on October 24 on technical problems. Officials at Aknet, a major telecommunications provider in Kyrgyzstan, yesterday reported technical issues that prompted internet access disruption in Bishkek. asiaplustj.info »
A statement released by the Tajik Border Guard Directorate’s Office in the northern Sughd province on October 20 says: “Provocative statements of political and public figures of Kyrgyzstan lead to an increase in tension at the border, loss of confidence and is in contrary to the commitments undertaken by the parties. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz authorities have rejected the statement released by Tajik border guard service’s office in the Sughd province, it "absolutely does not correspond to the real situation. asiaplustj.info »
The Kazakh capital, Astana, is hosting a trilateral meeting of the Presidents of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Russia Vladimir Putin and Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov today. asiaplustj.info »
“Public opinion would not welcome the army's participation in the Indestructible Brotherhood-2022 exercise because of the recent conflict with Tajikistan. Therefore, we had to cancel the exercise,” Edil Baisalov, Deputy Chairman of Kyrgyzstan’s Cabinet of Ministers, told RIA Novosti on October 10. asiaplustj.info »
Members of the Committee on International Affairs, Defense, Security and Migration of the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan at a meeting on October 3 considered a bill that allows in “special cases” to issue weapons to residents of the border regions of Batken and Osh regions, Centralasian.org reports. asiaplustj.info »
The Fourth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia at the Kyrgyz resort town of Cholpon-Ata ended yesterday with Central Asian leaders’ pledge to boost further cooperation. Kyrgyz media reports, citing Kyrgyz foreign minister, say Central Asian leaders discussed a wide range of issues related to the life of their countries. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Kyrgyz Service reported on July 11 that eleven Kyrgyz citizens have been released from Tajik custody after being held on charges of illegally crossing the border amid an ongoing border dispute between the two Central Asian nations. asiaplustj.info »
For farmers in Kyrgyzstan, keeping livestock is a vital source of income. Over the last 20 years, the cattle population in the country has reportedly increased by 60 percent. asiaplustj.info »
A meeting of Tajik and Kyrgyz topographic working groups has taken place in the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek. As before, the details of the meeting were not disclosed. The Tajik MFA information department meeting just said that the meeting took place in Bishkek from May 25 to from May 30. asiaplustj.info »
Representatives of the Kyrgyz Embassy in Dushanbe have visited Kyrgyz nationals serving their jail terms in penal colonies in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
In his address to the nation made in memory of people killed in clashes that erupted along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in April 2021, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov noted on April 28 that there is progress in negotiations on delineation of Kyrgyzstan’s common border with Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Negotiations between the working groups of Tajikistan that kicked off at Guliston border crossing point (BCP) Saturday (March 12) morning lasted for more than six hours. The negotiations reportedly resulted in signing of a protocol. asiaplustj.info »
One Tajik border guard was killed and two others wounded in a clash with Kyrgyz border guards. As usual, Kyrgyz and Tajik authorities are blaming each other for the latest clashes and shootings along a disputed segment of the mutual border. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday March 2, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tajikistan to Kyrgyzstan Nazirmad Alizoda met in Bishkek with the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Nuran Niyazaliyev. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz national Z. Dostmatov has been detained in Moscow at the request of Tajikistan authorities, Kyrgyzstan Foreign Ministry said on March 1, 2022. Dostmatov was reportedly detained on February 23. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan will continue work on the construction of a small nuclear power plant, the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Japarov said at a press conference in Bishkek on February 15, according to 24. asiaplustj.info »
Adakhan Madumarov, a Kyrgyz lawmaker and the leader of opposition Butun (United) Kyrgyzstan party, says a probe has been launched against him into allegations that he committed treason over a real estate deal signed 12 years ago. asiaplustj.info »
