16 border incidents recorded in republic since year start – State Border Service

AKIPRESS.COM - 16 border incidents were recorded in 10 months, said the first deputy head of the State Border Service Abdikarim Alimbayev on Dec 5. According to him, 13 incidents occurred on Kyrgyz-Tajik section of state border, 2 conflicts on Kyrgyz-Uzbek section and 1 incident on Kyrgyz-Kazakh section.
Alimbayev noted that the main efforts of border service were focused on strengthening of state border, improving the border infrastructure and material-technical base of border subdivisions.
"A number of events on strengthening of state border were held in 2019 within the integration of Kyrgyzstan into EAEU. 125 vehicles were delivered to Kyrgyzstan in the second stage of the implementation of agreement between the governments of Kyrgyzstan and Russia. In the second quarter, the Russian side delivered 86 units of technical aid for border protection for $3 million. Russian specialists held training courses for the State Border Service servicemen," he said.