President visits soldiers injured in cross-border incident

Bishkek, May 12, 2020 / Kabar/. President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov today, May 12, visited soldiers injured in a recent border conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik section of the state border in Batken, his press service said. Soldiers of the State Border Service Sultanbek uulu Mirbek, Abdisait uulu Manas and Turdubai uulu Chyngyz, who received gunshot wounds, are currently undergoing treatment at the National Hospital in Bishkek under the Ministry of Health. Sooronbay Jeenbekov expressed words of support to the border guards and wished them a speedy recovery. He expressed gratitude for the conscientious service to the Motherland and the protection of its borders. A conflict between residents of the border regions of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan over the use of 50 acres of the Chek site occurred on May 8. This site is undescribed, but actually used by the Kyrgyz side. About 30-40 citizens of Kyrgyzstan and 30-40 citizens of Tajikistan began to throw stones at each other. The border conflict was provoked by Tajik servicemen, who unexpectedly opened group fire towards Kyrgyz border guards and citizens, according to the State Border Service of Kyrgyzstan. During the shootout, three servicemen from the State Border Service of Kyrgyzstan have been wounded.