Tort-Kocho

Tort-Kocho (Kyrgyz: Төрт-Көчө; Tajik: Қитъаи Чоркӯча) is a neutral zone between Kyrgyzstan and Tadjikistan. As part of the 2025 delimitation of the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border, the 10 m (33 ft) wide roadbed and a 15 m (49 ft) "security zone" were declared neutral territory, with Kyrgyzstani politician Kamchybek Tashiev saying the road will not belong to "either the Kyrgyz or Tajik side".[1]

Tort-Kocho is an area where the major roads intersect. In that place the main road from Isfara to the Vorukh enclave in Tajikistan and the main road from Batken to Razzakov in Kyrgyzstan intersect. Prior to 2025, both the Kyrgyz and Tajikistani considered the road part of their sovereign territory.[2] The road was contested during the 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes when Tajik administrators blocked the Osh–Batken–Isfana road demanding the Tort-Kocho road be unblocked by Kyrgyzstan.[3]

References

  1. ^ Makanbai, Gulmira (27 February 2025). "Neutral status granted to Tort-Kocho area on Kyrgyz-Tajik border". 24.kg. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  2. ^ Chynybaeva, Baktygul (20 September 2023). "Kyrgyz Official Ignites Controversy On Anniversary Of Deadly Clashes On Border With Tajikistan". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
  3. ^ "Tajikistan blocks Osh-Batken-Isfana road, demands to reopen road to Vorukh enclave". AKIpress News Agency. 1 May 2021. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. The Tajik side blocked Osh-Batken-Isfana road in Tort-Kocho area and demanded to reopen the road to Vorukh enclave, Batken region administration's representative Musurmanbek Tursumatov told Turmush. [...] The road was blocked since around 10.00 a.m. of May 1 despite the agreement reached on reopening of the road on April 30.
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