Kyrgyzstan Security Council head: Situation at border is under President’s control

Bishkek, July 25, 2019. /Kabar/. "The situation at the Kyrgyz-Tajik border is under the control of Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov," Damir Sagynbayev, the Secretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic said, following a working meeting led by the President on measures to ensure border security.
The press service of the Kyrgyz leader said, Sagynbayev stressed that at present the law enforcement agencies of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have practically agreed to conduct a joint investigation into the causes of the incidents, identify the perpetrators of the incident, and take bilateral measures to prevent border conflicts in the future.
"The road is open for today. The situation has actually stabilized. Awareness raising activities are being carried out with the local population on a regular basis," the Security Council secretary noted.
He recalled that at the governmental level of the two countries the talks of experts are continuing, the issue has moved from the deadlock for the first time in two years at the recent negotiations of the intergovernmental working groups on border delimitation and demarcation, held on July 6 this year.
Sagynbayev emphasized that the dialogue between Bishkek and Dushanbe has become more active at the highest level, noting the chosen course of the Kyrgyz side to build good neighborly relations with Tajikistan, ensuring border security of the two republics and the region as a whole.