Tajikistan says Kyrgyzstan tries to take over water distributor on Kyrgyz-Tajik border
AKIPRESS.COM - The Kyrgyz border guards opened fire into Tajik border guards at 1.05 p.m. of April 29 in the water distribution facility area, the press service of the State National Security Committee of Tajikistan said. This incident occurred in the light of violation of the earlier reached agreement with Tajikistan by Kyrgyzstan, when the neighboring country tries to illegally take over the Golovnoy water distributor, said the report. According to the maps of 1924-1927, 1989, the water distributor entirely belongs to Tajikistan and since 1968 is used for irrigation purposes and water supply of the border areas of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, the Tajik Security Committee said.
Kyrgyz Border Service says Tajik side deliberately provoked border conflict
AKIPRESS.COM - The Border Service of the State National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan said the Tajik side deliberately provoked the conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border on April 28 and continues escalating tension. The water distributor Golovnoi is the strategic facility of Kyrgyzstan and it lies on the territory of Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz Security Committee said after the Tajik Security Committee accused Kyrgyzstan of attempted illegal takeover of the distributor.
The facility was built by Kyrgyzstan, it added. Deliberately distorting historic facts, the Border Troops of the State National Security Committee of Tajikistan push civilians for bloodshed and this way demonstrate their inability and unwillingness to address issues peacefully, the statement said.