“We are committed to a peaceful solution to the border issue,” the Kabar agency quotes him as saying.

Tashiev added that the situation on the border would be "resolved in a compromise for both countries."

On January 27, heavy shooting was reported from both sides on the border between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Later it became known that an agreement had been reached on a complete ceasefire on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed concern over information about an armed incident on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.