Kyrgyz-Tajik border stable as of 9:30 a.m. May 3, forces and equipment withdrawn

AKIPRESS.COM - The situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border is stable as of 9:30 a.m. May 3, the Border Service said. No incidents or shootings were recorded last night. Border guards patrol entire Kyrgyz-Tajik state border line.
The parties have completed the withdrawal of additional forces and equipment from the state border into their territories.
A joint commission consisting of officers from the defense departments of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan continues to inspect the territories where the additional forces and means were located.
Border guard units are on heightened alert operation mode.
Tensions on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan escalated on April 28-29 and exchange of fire occurred between the military units of two sides. 34 Kyrgyz citizens were killed, including a 12-year-old girl. 173 other Kyrgyzstanis were injured. Some 33,388 people were displaced from the villages in Batken region, 19,142 children among them, Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development Aliza Soltonbekova told a briefing. Residents of Ak-Sai, Ak-Tatyr, Kara-Bak, Samarkandek villages of Batken district and Jany-Jer, Beshkent, Kulundu villages of Leilek district were evacuated.