Kyrgyzstan reported 'intense battles' with Tajikistan on Friday and said its Central Asian neighbour was moving forces and equipment to the border in the latest outbreak of violence to hit the former Soviet Union.
A view shows a burnt armoured personnel carrier of Kyrgyz forces near Golovnoi water distribution facility outside the village of Kok-Tash in Batken province, Kyrgyzstan May 5, 2021. The clashes broke out last week along the frontier between Tajikistan's Sughd province and Kyrgyzstan's southern Batken province because of a dispute over a reservoir and pump, claimed by both sides, on the Isfara River.
"The situation is difficult and as for what will happen tomorrow - no one can give any guarantees," he said. Thousands of people have already been forced to evacuate. Kyrgyzstan reported fighting in its southern Batken province which borders Tajikistan's northern Sughd region and features a Tajik exclave, Vorukh, a key hotspot in recent conflicts.
Both countries host Russian military bases. Earlier on Friday, Moscow urged a cessation of hostilities. About 18,500 people have already left the area, Russia's RIA news agency cited the Red Cross as saying.
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