Minister of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan Boobek Azhikeev met with the UN Resident Coordinator in Kyrgyzstan Antje Grawe. Press service of the ministry reported.

The head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations told Antje Grawe in detail about the casualties and destruction on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, which arose as a result of the armed conflict at the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, and the ongoing work of the ministry.

The minister also voiced the priority and long-term needs necessary to restore the life support of the population in Batken region.

The UN Resident Coordinator in the Kyrgyz Republic confirmed the commitment of the UN system to support humanitarian response and soonest restoration efforts and reported on the ongoing work of the UN field assessment team to determine the urgent needs of the affected population of Kyrgyzstan. She informed that the results of the work would be presented at the next meeting of the Council of the Emergency Response Coordination Group.

Antje Grawe expressed readiness to consider the list of needs voiced by the minister and take measures to provide humanitarian assistance from UN agencies and other international organizations in accordance with their mandates.

Emergency situation has been introduced in Batken region. Shooting began at several sites of the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the morning of September 16. Settlements in Leilek and Batken district came under fire. The Ministry of Health reported 198 victims, 62 people were killed. As a result of the armed conflict on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, residents of seven villages in Batken and Leilek districts, as well as Dzhekendi village in Chon-Alai district of Osh region, left their homes.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of Kyrgyzstan opened a criminal case on crimes against peace.