Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan solve border dispute

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 25 Apr 2024 by Alex Teddy
On April 15 Kyrgyzstan gave 208 hectares to Uzbekistan in return for receiving the same amount of territory from Uzbekistan. Ever since the breakup of the USSR a border dispute has simmered. There were Kyrgyz exclaves entirely surrounded by Uzbekistan. The Kyrgyz people in the former exclaves have been removed to the main part of Kyrgyzstan. The countries have a border of almost 1,400 km. As people were moved out of the exchanged land, the governments removed anything of value. A few hundred people moved in each direction. The governments have promised new houses for people who have been relocated, although governments in the region are notorious for breaking promises to the powerless. Uzbekistan closed the border in 2010. This made it extremely laborious for the Kyrgyz people in the exclaves to go to the major portion of their country and buy vital supplies. Under President Karimov, Uzbekistan's relations with Kyrgyzstan were frosty. Since Mirziyoyev became president in 2016 relations have warmed remarkably. Border crossings have been open since then. The border deal is not universally approved of. Some people have been jailed for protesting it. In the 1930s Stalin drew maps of the Central Asian republics. He tried to make the dissolution of the USSR impossible. In fact he only made it very messy. There is talk of a similar border land swap between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. However, it is thought unlikely that they will reach an agreement. The two countries have sometimes fought a low level conflict over the border. However, since 2022 relations have improved considerably.

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