Kyrgyz Villagers Losing Patience With State s Failure To Resolve Border Problems With Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
February 21, 2021 07:43 GMT
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Fresh from medical treatment in Germany, Kyrgyz national security head Kamchybek Tashiev urgently flew from Bishkek to the southern Batken region on February 18 to deal with people s growing anger over the failure by officials to resolve pressing border issues.
Tashiev, chief of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (UKMK), hoped to reduce tensions along Kyrgyzstan’s long southern borders with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Since the border guard service was put under UKMK control in November, the problems are Tashiev’s responsibility.