“We made a fair exchange. We received as much as we gave,” Tashiev told a parliamentary meeting, adding that the agreement between the two countries stipulates that the village of Dostuk in the Batken region and several other areas will be transferred to Tajikistan.
In return, Kyrgyzstan will receive the village of Somonien and part of Khodzhi-Alo.
The Tajik enclave of Karagach will be abolished and the controversial Tort-Kocho intersection, where Kyrgyz and Tajik transport routes cross, will receive neutral status.
The issue of water catchment in Golovnói, which often became a cause of conflicts, was also resolved.
The committees of the Kyrgyz Parliament on Thursday reviewed and approved a draft agreement between Bishkek and Dushanbe on the common state border, a draft agreement on the construction and use of roads and another between the cabinets to ensure access to water and energy facilities.
The border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, almost a thousand kilometers long, repeatedly became an area of serious conflicts between local inhabitants and border guards of the two countries.
The reason was areas where it was impossible to determine exactly the border between the two states, once republics of the defunct Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), ran.
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