Border Breakthrough: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan End Decades of Dispute

Mar 19, 2025 | Yevgeniya Mikhailidi
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When Kyrgyz President Sadyr Zhaparov and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon exchanged firm hugs after signing a historic border treaty last week, they signaled relief over resolving one of post-Soviet Eurasia’s most intractable disputes – a 33-year conflict that turned their shared frontier into a violent flashpoint. The March 13 agreement demarcates the entire Kyrgyz-Tajik border, ending a crisis that killed hundreds, displaced tens of thousands and risked destabilizing a region critical to global energy transitions.