Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sign a ceasefire agreement

Blinken during his meeting with the delegations of Armenia and Azerbaijan in New York.

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The Central Asian republics of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed a ceasefire agreement, after six days of fierce fighting that left dozens dead on both sides.

Under the terms of the agreement signed by the heads of Kyrgyz and Tajik intelligence at the Goleston Avtodorzhny border crossing, troops and heavy weapons will be withdrawn from the border area between the two countries.

The head of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan, Kamchebek Tashev, said that the situation in the Kyrgyz border region of Batkin is gradually stabilizing after last week's violence.

And killed 59 people on the Kyrgyz side since the outbreak of fighting on September 14, while Tajikistan estimated the number of dead at 41 people.

On the other hand, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged the establishment of sustainable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, during a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries, for the first time since the recent border clashes between them.

In a hotel in New York, on the eve of the United Nations General Assembly, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Ararat Mirozyan and Azerbaijan, Gihon Permov, sat in a meeting with Blinken, and Blinken considered that the absence of violence for days was "encouraging", and said that a strong and sustainable diplomatic commitment was the way. The best of all.

Blinken calls for a sustainable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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