(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 30. Uzbekistan and
Tajikistan discussed the Uzbek - Tajik state border demarcation
line, trend reports via Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The matter was discussed during the regular meeting of working
groups of the joint Uzbek - Tajik Demarcation Commission.
On January 23-30 this year, Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe hosted
talks between the governmental delegations of the two countries.
During the negotiations, the parties also touched upon the process
of creating technological demarcation maps, as well as carried out
field inspections of individual sections of the Uzbek - Tajik state
border.
Following the meetings, the parties agreed on certain issues and
signed the relevant document. Furthermore, Uzbekistan will be
hosting the next meeting of the working groups.
Earlier in January 2023, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan completed the
process of delimitation of the Kyrgyz-Uzbek state border. The
agreement on this matter was signed between Uzbek President Shavkat
Mirziyoyev, at a meeting with his counterpart Kyrgyz Sadyr Japarov,
as part of Mirziyoyev's state visit to Kyrgyzstan.
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan have not been able to set the state
border lines for years. The length of the Tajik-Uzbek border
amounts to 1,332 kilometers. Relations between the two states have
markedly improved since 2016. New president Shavkat Mirziyoyev has
vowed to improve relations with Tajikistan, and there have been
recent high-level moves to clearly outline the border and improve
cross-border travel.
In early January 2018, the parties agreed on the most
controversial section of the state border - the dam of the Farkhad
hydroelectric power station. Dushanbe and Tashkent decided that the
territory where the Farkhad HPP is located will be recognized as
the territory of Tajikistan, and the hydroelectric facility itself
will be the property of Uzbekistan. The HPP at the time was said to
be protected by the Tajik side, and Uzbekistan had the duty of
managing the plant.
In 2021 reports said Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and Tashkent
(Uzbekistan) instructed relevant working groups, which included
surveyors, cartographers, representatives of the Foreign Ministry,
border services, to finally approve the procedure for establishing
border posts on the borders of the two states by the end of
2021.
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