DUSHANBE, January 8, 2014, Asia-Plus – Border cooperation between Tajikistan’s Sughd province and Kyrgyzstan’s Batken region was discussed at a meeting of the Tajik-Kyrgyz commission for demarcation and delimitation that took place in Dushanbe on January 7, according to the Tajik MFA information department.

Presided over by Tajik Deputy Prime Minister Murodali Alimardon and Kyrgyz Vice-Premier Tokon Mamytov, the meeting reportedly determined the schedule of meetings of the government delegations and working groups in 2014.

The deputy prime ministers ordered border services and police departments of Sughd and Batken regions to meet in the Tajik northern city of Isfara on January 9 to discuss organization of a joint patrol of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border for the purpose of ensuring maintenance of public order, free movement of citizens and vehicles in border areas.

They sides also agreed to hold such meetings regularly and expressed readiness for further development and strengthening of border cooperation between the two countries in the spirit of traditional neighborliness and friendship, the Tajik MFA information department said.