The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan accused Tajikistan in violation of a number of international agreements during an armed conflict on the border of two states. This is reported by TASS with reference to the message of the Kyrgyz main supervisory authority.
The prosecutor’s office opened a criminal case on the facts of invasion and “other crimes”, saying that on April 29 in the Batken region of the republic, the Bangit formations and regular troops of Tajikistan “treacherously attacked the borders of the Kyrgyz Republic.”
It is specified that the attack was committed against civilians using “automatic weapons, mortars, combat helicopters, heavy armored vehicles, artillery calculations and other types of weapons.”
According to the prosecutor’s office, Tajikistan violated the requirements of the Charter of the Universal Declaration of UN Human Rights of 1976, the CIS Creating Agreement from 1991, the Almaty Declaration of 1991, the Moscow Declaration on the observance of sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of the States Parties CIS from 1994 and agreement on the foundations of interstate relations between the Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Tajikistan from 1996.
The statement specifies that investigative measures are held, material evidence and video recording seized, and video and video spix.
Previously, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan opened a criminal case on the conduct of an aggressive war against the group of military personnel and citizens of Kyrgyzstan.
On the morning of May 3, it was reported that Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan completed the process of removal from the border of their military units.
On April 29, on the controversial section of the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in the area of the Water distribution point “Head”, battles began, which were grew into the pogroms of the Kyrgyz population. The reason for the start of the conflict was called the installation of the Tajik side of the video surveillance chamber next to the water intake structure. Tajikistan has not yet provided official statistics on sacrifices, Kyrgyzstan reports that the number of victims in conflict with Tajikistan increased to 183, of which 34 are dead.