Kyrgyzstan News » Batken News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Government: Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Agreement Hoped for in ‘Nearest Future’
Kyrgyz and Tajik officials are hopeful of completing border negotiations in the next two to three months. If an agreement is indeed reached, it will signal a major milestone in a long-running border ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Government: Kyrgyz Officials Say Leader, Members Of Banned Islamic Group Detained
Kyrgyzstan's State Committee for National Security (UKMK) said on June 25 that "a leader and nine members" of the Yaqyn Inkar Islamic group, which is banned in the Central Asian nation, were detained ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Government: Debate Over Kyrgyzstan’s New Flag Overshadows Kyrgyz-Tajik Border Negotiations
Kyrgyzstan is considering changing its more than 30-year-old flag. “I support the idea,” said President Sadyr Japarov. “Our flag looks likes a sunflower; with this the country cannot rise from its ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Government: Kyrgyzstan completes engineering works along Kyrgyz-Tajik border
Engineering works along the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border in Batken region have been completed, while the demarcation process remains ongoing and is nearing ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Government: IDA Helps the Kyrgyz Republic’s Batken Rebuild after Conflict
Following conflict along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border in September 2022, the World Bank's IDA has helped rebuild and repair schools, kindergartens, and healthcare facilities that were damaged or destroyed ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Government: Kyrgyzstan resettlement of Uzbekistan enclave gets mixed reviews
While Kyrgyz state media have portrayed the recent resettlement of residents of a Kyrgyz enclave in Uzbekistan in glowing terms, a different picture emerged during a VOA visit to the residents’ new ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Government: South Korean KOICA supports new fruit and vegetable logistics center in Batken, Kyrgyzstan
On August 29, a new cold storage and logistics center for fruits and vegetables opened in the village of Tort-Gul, Batken region, ahead of Kyrgyzstan's Independence Day. The event was attended online ...
News Kyrgyzstan » Batken » Government: Japan allocates USD 1 million to support vulnerable people in Batken and Osh following the border clashes
Bishkek – The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the Kyrgyz Republic will receive USD 1 million from the Government of Japan to support ...