Tajik Parliament Ratifies Border Agreement with Uzbekistan

Tajikistan’s lower house of parliament has ratified the agreement on the demarcation of the border junction with Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, TASS reports.

The presidents of the three countries signed the document in late March this year during a meeting in Khujand. Tajik President Emomali Rahmon described the deal as historic.

TASS noted that during the Soviet era, the borders between the three republics were administrative and never formally legalised.

Following the collapse of the USSR, unresolved border issues sparked recurring tensions. The most recent clash between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in 2022 claimed the lives of over 100 people on both sides.

Earlier, Kursiv Uzbekistan reported that renovation works at the Tazhen checkpoint on the Uzbek-Kazakh border have been extended until September.