On July 3, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyev signed a law on ratification of the agreement between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan on certain sections of the common state border, TajikTa reports.

The law was passed by the legislative chamber of the Uzbek parliament on May 31 and approved by the Senate on June 28.

The agreement on certain sections of the Uzbek-Tajik state border was signed during the state visit of the Uzbek president to Dushanbe on March 9.

As noted at the 15th plenary session of the Senate last week, the parties agreed 99.99 per cent of the previously undivided sections of the border or 192.7 km.

“The Qazaq Times”