Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov signed a decree on February 10 removing the Border Service from the structure of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) and transforming it into an independent body, the State Border Service.
Abydikarim Alimbaev, director of the Border Service and first deputy chairman of the GKNB, was relieved of those posts and appointed chairman of the new State Border Service.
By a separate decree, Japarov ordered the creation of a State Guard Service under the president of Kyrgyzstan, based on the GKNB’s Ninth Service. The State Guard Service reports directly to the head of state.
ℹ️ The restructuring comes amid the resignation of GKNB chief Kamchybek Tashiev, announced on February 10. Japarov said the decision was aimed at strengthening national unity and preventing a split in society. He clarified that he was not referring to Tashiev but to several public figures who, he said, “through their actions created conditions for a negative situation in society.”
“These include individuals such as Bekbolot Talgarbekov, Emilbek Uzakbaev, and others who, using Kamchybek Tashiev’s name as cover, called various people—from deputies to public figures and members of the intelligentsia—and pushed them toward certain actions, saying: ‘Go over to the general’s side, sign this, let’s do this, let’s do that,’ and so on. By doing so, they created conditions for a negative situation, including among people holding responsible positions in state structures such as the Jogorku Kenesh (parliament),” presidential spokesman Askat Alagozov quoted Japarov as saying.
According to media reports, Tashiev is currently in Germany undergoing medical treatment and learned of his dismissal after the decree was published.
