Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan conducted an exchange of border…
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan conducted an exchange of border territories as part of the state border demarcation project.
Consensus
- Two Uzbek villages, Chonggar and Tash-Tobo, were transferred to Kyrgyzstan
- The villages are inhabited by ethnic Kyrgyz people
- Kyrgyzstan exchanged equivalent land areas with Uzbekistan
- The exchange was part of a border demarcation project
- A road project connecting villages Sai and Tayan was facilitated by the land exchange
Points of divergence
- The villages are located in the Fergana region of Uzbekistan — vm
- The road project will reduce travel time from Aidarken to Batken from 225 km to 55 km — vedomosti
- The road project will reduce travel time from Aidarken to Batken from 255 km to 55 km — kommersant
- Kyrgyzstan also elected as non-permanent member of UN Security Council — vm
- President Sadyr Japarov proposed reintroducing the death penalty — vm
- Kyrgyzstan proposed a similar land exchange with Kazakhstan for a highway project — vedomosti
- Kyrgyzstan proposed a similar land exchange with Kazakhstan for a highway project — kommersant
Coverage (3 sources)
- Two villages enter Kyrgyzstan as part of the border demarcation with Uzbekistan — Вечерняя Москва
- Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan Conducted an Exchange of Border Territories — Ведомости
- Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan exchange border territories — Коммерсантъ