On September 16, 2022, a note of protest was handed to the Tajik side in the building of the Ministry regarding the illegal and destructive actions of the Tajik side.

The Kyrgyz side noted that on September 16, 2022, violating all previously reached agreements, the Tajik side, having pulled troops to the border of Kyrgyzstan in advance, using armed forces, heavy military equipment, treacherously attacked border and civilian facilities along the entire perimeter of the Kyrgyz-Tajik State border in Batken and Leilek districts of the Batken region of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The Kyrgyz side demanded to strictly comply with all agreements reached, to cease fire and withdraw military formations, and also not to create a situation that could lead to an escalation of the situation in the border areas, and again emphasized that all problems arising on the border should be resolved exclusively by political and diplomatic means.