“Dear Kyrgyzstanis!
The situation at the border is completely under my control.
God willing, we will resolve everything through negotiations, peacefully.
Don't worry," Zhaparov wrote on Facebook.
Earlier, the mayor's office of the Tajik city of Isfara announced intense shooting from both sides on the border of Tajikistan with Kyrgyzstan.
The Isfara authorities also reported that as a result of shooting on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border on the Isfara-Batken road, a resident of the Tajik village of Khoja Alo died from a gunshot wound.
1,470 Kyrgyz citizens were evacuated from the conflict zone on the border of Kyrgyzstan with Tajikistan.