The press-secretary of the State Border Service of Kyrgyzstan, Gulmira Borubaeva has reported that there has been an attempt to build a water pipeline in the disputed territories from the Tajik side. The Kyrgyz border guards demanded a stop to its construction and were stoned pin response.To resolve the conflict, a delegation from Bishkek has arrived in Dushanbe. Details of the meeting are not known.The head of the research Center of the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO, Andrey Kazantsev told Vestnik Kavkaza that the incident was made possible by the fact that "the border between the two countries is not delimited and is undefined." He added that a similar situation exists in the rest of the Central Asian region and that only borders with China are clearly demarcated. The expert added that one should not dramatize the situation and that Tajikistan and Kyrgystan have little to dispute about. In order to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future, both sides have to negotiate and resolve the dispute peacefully, the expert said.The press-secretary of the State Border Service of Kyrgyzstan, Gulmira Borubaeva has reported that there has been an attempt to build a water pipeline in the disputed territories from the Tajik side. The Kyrgyz border guards demanded a stop to its construction and were stoned pin response.
To resolve the conflict, a delegation from Bishkek has arrived in Dushanbe. Details of the meeting are not known.
The head of the research Center of the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO, Andrey Kazantsev told Vestnik Kavkaza that the incident was made possible by the fact that "the border between the two countries is not delimited and is undefined."
He added that a similar situation exists in the rest of the Central Asian region and that only borders with China are clearly demarcated.
The expert added that one should not dramatize the situation and that Tajikistan and Kyrgystan have little to dispute about. In order to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future, both sides have to negotiate and resolve the dispute peacefully, the expert said.
