A delegation of officials headed by Kyrgyzstan\'s representative to the Eurasian Economic Community Bazarbai Mambetov traveled to Tashkent on 10 March for talks on the delimitation of the border between the two countries. According to Mambetov, Uzbekistan has said it is prepared to hand over maps of the minefields laid by the Uzbek military along the Uzbek-Kyrgyz border. The promise was reportedly made during a recent telephone conversation between Kyrgyz Prime Minister Nikolai Tanaev and Uzbek Prime Minister Otkir Sultonov. A Kyrgyz citizen was killed by an Uzbek mine on 23 February, and it was reported shortly thereafter that Uzbek authorities had refused Kyrgyz requests for such maps. In addition to border delimitation, the meeting of the Uzbek-Kyrgyz Intergovernmental Commission on Border Delimitation is expected to discuss access between the Kyrgyz exclave of Barak and the rest of the country and a bridge in Karasu Raion that was demolished by the Uzbeks. One group of commission experts is to draft an agreement on building additional border-crossing points. (akipress.org)