DUSHANBE, August 9, 2010, Asia-Plus  -- Uzbekistan has not yet rescinded restrictions for Tajik nationals on proceeding via crossings on the Tursunzoda stretch of the Tajik-Uzbek border that was imposed almost three months ago.

According to the Main Border Troops Directorate within the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan, the Uzbek side has not commented on this decision.  “Our repeated applications on this subject have remained unreplied,” the source at the border troops directorate said.

In the meantime, people proceed via border-crossing checkpoints on the Tajik-Uzbek border in Sughd and Khatlon provinces without any problems.

We will recall that Uzbek authorities imposed the restrictions on proceeding via the crossings on the Tursunzoda stretch of the Tajik-Uzbek border on May 14 this year in response to an outbreak of polio in Tajikistan.

Tajikistan has conducted four rounds of national immunization days (NIDs), and no cases of polio have been reported in the country since June.