The two countries "have come to a decision to resume letting local people who live on the Kyrgyz and Uzbek sides [of the border] into the border territory of the neighboring state under earlier agreements," the border guard told Interfax on Wednesday.

"The current situation on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek state border is stable, and all problems arising at the border or in border areas are dealt with at the level of representatives of border guard units," it said.

At the same time, the Kyrgyz and Uzbek border guards keep interacting "in exchanging information, in joint operations against vehicles and persons engaging in contraband trade and illegal migrants, and to looking for persons who belong to extremist religious or terrorist organizations," the border guard said.