Kazakhstan ratified the agreement on border demarcation with Uzbekistan

President Kasim-Jomart Tokayev signed the law "On the ratification of the agreement between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on the demarcation of the Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan state border." This was reported by the press service of Okorda. According to Zakon, the Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan border has been extended by 5 kilometers due to the change of the river bed. "During the delimitation, a boundary line was drawn on the map, and it became known that the course of the river changed here during the demarcation. We are united by two rivers - Syrdaryo and Keles. Uzan is changing, islands with pumps are changing. The border is traditionally drawn according to the format of the river. Currently, the border is 2356 kilometers 666 meters. It was extended for another 5 kilometers," said Roman Vasilenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan. On December 22, 2022, the process of legal formalization of the border was completed with the signing of the agreement on the demarcation of the Uzbekistan-Kazakh state border by the presidents of the two countries. Demarcation of the border was carried out on the basis of the agreements on the state border of 2001 and 2022. Negotiations on demarcation began in 2003. Field work on setting border markers on the ground continued from 2004 to 2021. Over the past 19 years, 100 meetings of the demarcation commission and 34 meetings of the joint working group on demarcation were held. According to the results of the demarcation works, the length of the borders was 2356 thousand km, 1301 border markers were installed on the border line. The results of delimitation are reflected in more than 8,000 pages of documents that are an integral part of this agreement and are attached to it.