The exchange of the ratification notes on the entering into force of the Agreement on the Uzbek-Tajik State border took place at the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan in Tashkent.

The Agreement was signed by the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov and the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon on 5 October 2002 in Dushanbe.

To date, all required internal procedures have been implemented in the required order. According to the Article 9 of the Agreement, it enters into force on 24 March 2009, that is, on the day of the signing of the Protocol on the exchange of the ratification notes.

The Agreement approves the line of the major part of the State border between the two states, as agreed to the present day.

The following stage of the work of the intergovernmental commissions of the two countries is the completion of the process of delimitation on the remaining small parts until 2009 and demarcation of the Uzbek-Tajis State border in full compliance with the norms of the international law.

The entering into force of the Agreement will serve to the soonest international and legal establishment of the State border, ensuring its security, as well as further deepening of the cooperation of the two countries on the basis of friendship and good neighborhood, mutual respect and equality of rights.

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