President Japarov: Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Dispute Finally Resolved

During a session of the Parliament, deputy Sultanbai Aizhigitov expressed his opinion on the agreement on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, making a number of accusations. In response, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov commented on the matter.

According to Japarov, the deputy’s statements were pure demagogy, The Caspian Post reports, citing Kyrgyz media.

"It’s unclear why this person changed his opinion in just three days. We need to figure out why he did this. He knows everything, he understands everything perfectly. But, for some reason, he pretends to be unaware and provokes conflict," the president said.

"For example, in his speech yesterday, he talks about Vorukh. It seems as if we gave away 19,500 hectares of land. But according to old maps, Vorukh originally occupied 14,500 hectares. He knows this very well. He is from Batken himself. Moreover, he was a governor.

In addition, Vorukh residents have always used our pastures of 5,000 hectares. Our local population could only get there through Vorukh, so today no one uses these pastures at all. There is no other way there. Then they offered: give us all these pastures, and in exchange we will give you 5,000 hectares in another place, let’s exchange. But we refused. We did not exchange all 5,000 hectares, but only 1,000, left 1,000 and in return received 1,000 hectares of pastures in Chon-Alai.

As a result, Vorukh’s territory was finalized at 15,500 hectares. That’s it. A final decision has been made. 14,500 hectares were historically theirs, as reflected in old maps. Despite being aware of this, the deputy continues to manipulate," Sadyr Japarov added.