Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan set to resolve border delimitation issues for 3 months

AKIPRESS.COM - Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan plan to resolve state border delimitation within 3 months, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev told a media briefing following talks with President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov on March 11. The President of Uzbekistan said concrete steps for the soonest delimitation of the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border and proper functioning of the border crossing points were identified.
"We will solve some issues concretely, without bureaucracy in the nearest time, so that it would be better and comfortable for our citizens," Shavkat Mirziyoyev said.
It was reported earlier that 85% of 1,378 km of the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border were defined by 2017. The countries reached agreement on 10% more. The respective documents should be approved and ratified by the governments and parliaments. The current talks are held on remaining 5% and 10%.
Four exclaves of Uzbekistan lie on the territory of Kyrgyzstan: Sokh, Chongara-Kalcha, Shakhimardan, Toshtepa. Kyrgyzstan's exclave Barak lies on the territory of Uzbekistan.
Kyrgyz State National Security Committee Chairman Kamchibek Tashiev told a press conference in Batken in February 2021 that the officials of two countries reached agreement on land swap in some border areas.