Document #1333123

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Kyrgyz Authorities Buy Homes From Tajik Citizens On Border

December 03, 2010
BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan -- Kyrgyz authorities in the southern region of Batken have started buying property belonging to Tajik citizens along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.
 
The head of Aksai village administration, Joldosh Satybaldiev, told RFE/RL that the purchases concern houses situated on territory that Bishkek considers part of Kyrgyzstan.
 
According to Satybaldiev, the Kyrgyz government has allocated a significant amount of money for the project.
 
About 40 houses in the village of Tash-Tumshuk along the border were sold to Tajik citizens after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
 
The Kyrgyz-Tajik border has been a sensitive issue for many years as many parts of the border are disputed and there are small exclaves of territory belonging to Tajikistan within Kyrgyzstan.

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ecoi.net description:
Batken region: Kyrgyz authorities start buying property belonging to Tajik citizens along the border
Country:
Kyrgyzstan
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/article/2238562.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
3 December 2010
Document ID:
1333123 (former ID 150806)

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