In the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan, a project was made to change the law “On the Border Commissioners”, according to which the State Committee of the National Security of Kyrgyzstan (GKNB) will be able to give citizens of small and combat weapons in the border areas. It is reported by the Edition Kloop.
The document states that weapons will be able to receive only citizens having the status of “border authorized”. According to the legislation, the right to endow citizens such status has the GKNB.
For the existing rules, the issuance of combat weapons “Border Commissioner” is not provided. Now civilians can attract only to help border guards for the protection of state borders.
On April 29, conflict broke out on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. From a shootout, he converts to full-scale battles and pogroms. The reason was the long-term territorial dispute of the two countries due to the water distribution item “Head”. The victims were dozens of people on both sides, hundreds of civilians were injured. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan accused each other in provocations.