Two villages with 2,500 residents transferred from Uzbekistan to Kyrgyzstan, handover process beginsAKIPRESS.COM - The official procedure for transferring the villages of Chon-Gara and Tash-Tobo from Uzbekistan to Kyrgyzstan has begun, the press service of the Batken regional government reported. On August 3, 2026, a joint working group from both countries continued work on the ground conducting public awareness meetings. According to the Batken regional administration, during the border delimitation process, the villages of Chon-Gara and Tash-Tobo, previously part of Uzbekistan's Fergana region, were transferred to Kyrgyzstan. The villages are mainly inhabited by ethnic Kyrgyz, with around 2,500 residents living there, according to preliminary data. Under the agreement between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan will transfer an equivalent land plot of the same area from the state border zone to Uzbekistan in exchange for the two villages.