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Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan border
![Kyrgyzstan to Return Issyk-Kul Resorts to Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan to Return Issyk-Kul Resorts to Uzbekistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-08-28-131213.jpg)
Kyrgyzstan to Return Issyk-Kul Resorts to Uzbekistan
By Colleen Wood
Ownership of four lakeside resorts built during the Soviet period is another facet of water diplomacy in Central Asia.
![Aijan Sharshenova on Kyrgyzstan’s Shrinking Political Space Aijan Sharshenova on Kyrgyzstan’s Shrinking Political Space](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-04-25-200710.jpg)
Aijan Sharshenova on Kyrgyzstan’s Shrinking Political Space
By Catherine Putz
“The Kyrgyz political space has definitely become more constrained, more dangerous, more unpredictable, and less free.”
![Mirziyoyev Lands in Kyrgyzstan for Long Delayed State Visit Mirziyoyev Lands in Kyrgyzstan for Long Delayed State Visit](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-26-182514.jpg)
Mirziyoyev Lands in Kyrgyzstan for Long Delayed State Visit
By Catherine Putz
Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov met Mirziyoyev at the airport, welcoming him for a much anticipated state visit.
![What’s Next for the Kempir-Abad Dissenters? What’s Next for the Kempir-Abad Dissenters?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-11-30-151017.jpg)
What’s Next for the Kempir-Abad Dissenters?
By Catherine Putz
It seems the Kyrgyz authorities are set on prosecuting the politicians and activists who stridently opposed the border deal with Uzbekistan, accusing them of coup-plotting.
![Discussing an Eventful 2022 in Central Asia With Bruce Pannier Discussing an Eventful 2022 in Central Asia With Bruce Pannier](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-20-141054.jpg)
Discussing an Eventful 2022 in Central Asia With Bruce Pannier
By Catherine Putz
Protests, unrest, war, and worry defined 2022 in Central Asia.
![Kyrgyz and Uzbek Presidents Sign Border Agreements Into Law Kyrgyz and Uzbek Presidents Sign Border Agreements Into Law](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-11-30-151017.jpg)
Kyrgyz and Uzbek Presidents Sign Border Agreements Into Law
By Catherine Putz
They did so separately, however, given how contentious the agreement on the Kempir-Abad reservoir is in Kyrgyzstan.
![Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Foreign Ministers Sign Water, Border Agreements Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Foreign Ministers Sign Water, Border Agreements](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-11-03-133933.jpg)
Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Foreign Ministers Sign Water, Border Agreements
By Catherine Putz
Despite domestic opposition in Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek and Tashkent are moving ahead with their agreements on the Kempir-Abad reservoir.
![Opposition to Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border Deal Swept Up in Mass Arrest Opposition to Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border Deal Swept Up in Mass Arrest](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-09-28-132649.jpg)
Opposition to Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border Deal Swept Up in Mass Arrest
By Catherine Putz
At least 20 activists and political figures opposed to the deal have been detained in Kyrgyzstan.
![Final Hurdles to Settling the Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border: Local Opposition Final Hurdles to Settling the Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border: Local Opposition](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-15-6.jpg)
Final Hurdles to Settling the Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border: Local Opposition
By Catherine Putz
Outside the Kyrgyz president's recent meeting with residents in Uzgen, villagers reportedly held signs reading “It is better to give life than land!”
![Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan Inch Closer to Settling Border Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan Inch Closer to Settling Border](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-15-6.jpg)
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan Inch Closer to Settling Border
By Catherine Putz
Settling a border is not an easy task, but Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan seem to be entering the final phases of doing so.
![Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Trade Blame for Cross-border Shelling Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Trade Blame for Cross-border Shelling](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-15-6.jpg)
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Trade Blame for Cross-border Shelling
By Associated Press
Reportedly one Kyrgyz man has been killed in the clashes over a long-unsettled border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
![Settling Central Asia’s Borders Is No Easy Task Settling Central Asia’s Borders Is No Easy Task](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-04-09-11.jpg)
Settling Central Asia’s Borders Is No Easy Task
By Catherine Putz
People on both sides of these possibly shifting borders have strong feelings about it.
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