Railway checkpoint on Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan border to be moved
The railway checkpoint on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan is planned to be moved to Chaldovar Station.
The Kazakh Transport and Communication Ministry reported that the respective protocol on amendments to the Agreement between the Governments of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on state border checkpoints from December 25, 2003, was signed by the Minister of Transport and Communications of Kazakhstan Askar Zhumagaliyev and the first deputy chief of the State Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic E. Mambetaliev'.
Now, the control of trains on the border between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan is conducted at Merka station which is in 20 kilometres from the border and customs control at the station of Lugavaya, 59 kilometers from the border.
The ministry reported that moving the railway checkpoint from Chaldovar station to Merka station in the Zhambyl region will reduce the distance to the state border and allow control of trains in the immediate vicinity of the border.
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