Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan mull border delimitation, demarcation
Uzbekistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Adham Ikramov and Deputy Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Jenish Razakov are holding talks in the Kyrgyz city of Osh, a representative of the Uzbek government told Trend.
The parties are discussing the delimitation and demarcation of the Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan state border, according to the message.
The meeting is being held on the basis of agreements between the heads of the two states, reached during the visit of the Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev to Uzbekistan in December 2016.
During the meeting on Jan. 16, the sides noted the need for the early coordination of positions on the remaining areas and successful completion of the joint work on the delimitation and demarcation of the state border.
The length of the Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan border is 1,378 kilometers.
Some 324 kilometers remain uncoordinated which is about a quarter of the entire border between the two countries.
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