BISHKEK - The Kyrgyz-Tajik border issue has been fully resolved, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov said Thursday in an interview with the country's Kabar News Agency, commenting on the agreement on the delimitation of the Kyrgyz-Tajik border.

"The border has been settled permanently. The issue is closed, and the interests of both sides have been taken into account," Japarov stated.

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A final protocol on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border was signed in Bishkek on February 21, following a joint meeting of government delegations from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on border delimitation and demarcation.

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The two sides then initialed agreements on the Kyrgyz-Tajik state border, the construction and use of highways, the establishment and use of a highway intersection, and access to water management and energy facilities.