Five states sign a border-force reduction agreement

Shanghai Cooperation Organization 📅 24 April 1997 📍

At a Moscow meeting, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan signed an agreement on mutual reduction of armed forces in border areas. Alongside the 1996 confidence agreement, it provided a negotiated basis for lowering military tensions. The process illustrates regional states addressing inherited border and security questions through diplomacy.

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