Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov held talks with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon regarding the situation on the border between the two countries.

APA reports that Erbol Sultanbayev, press secretary of the Kyrgyz president, informed about this.

The meeting of the heads of state took place within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and the parties discussed the events on the Tajikistan-Kyrgyz border.

They agreed to instruct the relevant government agencies on a cease-fire and the removal of military forces concentrated on the contact line.

Haji Javadov