According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, on October 8, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tajikistan to Kyrgyzstan, Nazirmad Alizoda, was called to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country.
The Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "Inform the Tajik side that its protest against Kyrgyzstan's foreign ministry spokesman Kustebayev's personal remarks in Facebook is inappropriate."
Kyrgyzstan said that the country is a democratic country, according to The country's basic law, every citizen has the right to freedom of speech. The destructive approach chosen by the Tajik side will be counterproductive and not conducive to maintaining peace and tranquility.
The Kyrgyz side asked the Tajik side not to create an atmosphere of intolerance and hostility between the two countries, and called on the Tajik side to earnestly fulfill its obligations under the signed protocol.
It is reported that on October 7, Kyrgyzstan's ambassador to Tajikistan, Erlan Abduldayev, was called to the Tajikistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Tajikistan sent him a note of protest on Kustebayev's remarks.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan believes that the "low-level" remarks made by the Kyrgyz representative are damage to political culture and lack of basic diplomatic etiquette. The ministry stressed that the remarks made by the officials of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs were a botched trick, trying to impose on public opinion the wrong idea of the real reason for the country's armed aggression against Tajikistan.
The ministry added: "This remark is not in line with the spirit and content of the protocol signed by the two sides on September 19 and 25, 2022." Participants at the meeting said at the time that the foreign ministries of the two countries need to work together to prevent possible misleading in the field of information Information for the public in both countries.
It is reported that recently, Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry spokesman Kustebayev criticized Putin on social networks for awarding Tajikistan President Rahmon the third-class medal for "serving the motherland".
Source: Asia Express
Compilation: Zhou Jie
