Asia 789
703 KYRGYZSTAN/704 UZBEKISTANMID#4177
Dispute Number: 4177
Date(s): October 29, 1999 to October 1999
Participants: 704 Uzbekistan/703 Kyrgyzstan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: On the morning of October 29, 1999, in the Kadamzhay District a large
group of Uzbek servicemen in uniform were spotted with assault rifles.
They were building a fortified position—installing prefabs, digging deep trenches
around them, and reinforcing them in an area fenced off by barbed wire—around
Kyrgyz oil wells. The Kyrgyz told them they could protect their own wells and asked
the force to withdraw.
MID#4428
Dispute Number: 4428
Date(s): May 23, 2005
Participants: 703 Kyrgyzstan/704 Uzbekistan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan both reinforced their border after a large
group of Uzbeks moved into Kyrgyzstan.
MID#4430
Dispute Number: 4430
Date(s): December 14, 2005
Participants: 703 Kyrgyzstan/704 Uzbekistan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Uzbeks entered Kyrgyzstan and attacked a checkpoint. Kyrgyzstan
responded by reinforcing its border near that checkpoint.
MID#4432
Dispute Number: 4432
Date(s): June 30, 2006 to September 26, 2006
Participants: 703 Kyrgyzstan/704 Uzbekistan
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Border guards from Kyrgyzstan fired on Uzbeks attempting to cross the
border in June and September 2006.