BISHKEK:
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed on Thursday a border settlement seen as key for the soundness of Central Asia, a transfer that follows three many years of battle between the 2 former Soviet republics over water assets and land.
The deal — signed in Bishek by Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rakhmon — is an indication of how relations between the 2 allies of Russia have improved since their final conflict in autumn 2022.
“From now and perpetually, the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan would be the border of everlasting friendship,” Japarov mentioned.
Japarov’s workplace mentioned the accord would contribute to “strengthening safety, stability and sustainable growth in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and in the entire of Central Asia”.
The 2 leaders mentioned direct air hyperlinks would resume and the border, closed almost 4 years in the past in Might 2021, would reopen. The deal entails an alternate of territory.