BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, March 20. The Chairman of
the State Customs Service, Almaz Saliev, and the Presidential
Representative in the Osh region, Elchibek Dzhantaev, discussed the
opening of the Intymak border checkpoint with Uzbekistan, Trend reports.
The sides supported the proposal to develop modern
infrastructure for the Intymak checkpoint, including temporary
storage areas and an electronic queue system. An agreement was
reached to allocate land for these purposes.
Furthermore, alternative routes between the Irkeshtam and
Intymak checkpoints were discussed to reduce travel distance and
time, as well as to ease the load on the Irkeshtam-Osh road and the
Dostuk border crossing.
Saliev also met with the personnel of the Batken Customs office,
thanking them for their service in this strategically important
region. To improve operational efficiency, he handed over the keys
to a new Nissan service minibus to the customs team.