Women stranded on Kyrgyz-Uzbek border allowed to enter Uzbekistan

AKIPRESS.COM - Citizens of Kyrgyztan, who are married to Uzbek citizens, are allowed to cross the border into Uzbekistan via Dostuk point in Osh to reunite with their families, the press office of the Ombudsman of Kyrgyzstan said. The list of women was made, who arrived in Kyrgyzstan to visit their relatives before start of COVID-19 pandemic and could not return to Uzbekistan then. The women are crossing the border on the basis of the list made by the Embassy of Uzbekistan in Kyrgyzstan.
The Foreign Ministries of two countries agreed that upon return to Uzbekistan the women will be placed under 14-day quarantine.
The first group of 50 women was allowed to cross the border into Uzbekistan on May 23.
Turmush reported earlier that around 100 women were staying of the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border in Osh.