UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls on the leadership of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan 'to engage in dialogue for a lasting ceasefire,' a spokesman says
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the leadership of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan "to engage in dialogue for a lasting ceasefire", as the two former Soviet republics clashed over a border dispute.
Border disputes have dogged the ex-Soviet republics throughout their three-decade independence, with around half of their 970 kilometre-long frontier still contested. Guterres “stressed the need of prevention of further aggravation of the conflict and the importance of resolving it only through a constructive peaceful dialogue between the sides,” according to a statement by The Kyrgyzstan Foreign Ministry.
The statement said Kulubaev informed Guterres on the conflict's impacts such as "human casualties, including among the civilian population" and "the destruction of numerous social and civil infrastructure facilities”.
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