State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic: Tajikistan violated the agreement and pulls troops to the border

As of 15:00 on May 1, 2021, the situation on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border continues to remain tense. This is reported by the Department for Public Relations and Media of the Border Service of the State Security Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic.
In violation of the bilateral agreements on the withdrawal of additional forces and equipment from the border to their permanent locations, the neighboring side continues to pull military personnel and heavy military equipment to the border line with Kyrgyzstan.
In the area of the Kok-Tash settlement of the Batken district of the Batken region, the Tajik side periodically fires at passing vehicles.
At 13:35, the First Deputy Chairman — Director of the Border Service of the State Security Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic, Colonel Ularbek Sharsheyev, left for Tajikistan for talks with representatives of Tajikistan.