[NTDTV, Beijing time, September 17, 2022]A three-day eventShanghai Cooperation Organization(referred to asShanghai) Member State Summit, on the last day of the meeting, the two member states of Central AsiaKyrgyzstanandTajikistanAbout 30 people were reportedly killed and dozens wounded in clashes between the border guards in the eastern region. The two countries accuse each other of violating the ceasefire agreement,RussiaOn the 16th, they appeared for mediation, urging “urgent” measures to stop the violence.
existRussiaAt a time when the Ukrainian battlefield was in turmoil,Kyrgyzstanwith neighboring countriesTajikistanFierce fighting broke out, the latest violent clash in a former Soviet Union member state.
Kyrgyz border guards accused Tajikistan of occupying parts of the border that had not yet been demarcated and escalating the fighting by firing rockets at the border town of Batken, with a population of about 30,000. Tajikistan said Kyrgyz guards opened fire without provocation.
Kyrgyzstan accused Tajik forces of escalating the fighting by firing rockets into Batken, a border town of about 30,000 in the southeast of the country.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan share a border of about 1,000 kilometers, of which more than one-third has a border dispute. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the border between the two countries has been constantly disputed.
A new wave of clashes that began earlier this week continued into the 16th, despite an earlier clash between Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon in Uzbekistan.Shanghai Cooperation OrganizationDuring the summit, the armies of both sides reached a ceasefire and retreat, but the two sides still controlled each other to act first, violating the ceasefire agreement.
The Kyrgyz Ministry of Health said on the 16th that about 24 Kyrgyzstan had been killed so far; Tajikistan earlier reported that at least three of them were killed.
The local branch of the International Red Cross reported that nearly 20,000 people had fled their homes for refuge; however, the Kyrgyz State Ministry of Emergencies was quoted by Russia’s Interfax as saying that more than 136,000 people had been evacuated from the war zone.
Russia, which has close ties to the two countries, mediated on the 16th, urging “urgent” measures to end the violence.
The ceasefire agreement took effect at 4 p.m. local time on the 16th, but Kyrgyzstan said that two of their border villages were still shelled, and accused Tajikistan of dispatching tanks and armored personnel carriers; Tajikistan countered that the Kyrgyz army used “heavy weapons” for shelling An outpost and 7 villages.
The conflict has once again raised the fear of a full-scale war between the two countries. In 2021, the largest conflict to date between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will result in nearly 50 deaths.
Earlier this week, two other former Soviet republics, Armenia and Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan), fought for the controversial Nagorno. The Karabakh (Nagorno-Karabakh, referred to as Naka) region resumed fighting, and more than 200 soldiers were killed on both sides. It highlights that Russia is incompetent due to the Ukrainian war, and potential unstable factors around it are gradually emerging.
(Editor in charge: Lu Yongxin)
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