President Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan is scheduled to make a state visit to the capital of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, on March 12-13.

Axar.az reports citing the Diplomat, Rahmon’s visit this week to Kyrgyzstan comes in the wake of the settling of a final border agreement between the two countries and ahead of an expected trilateral summit – with the Kyrgyz and Uzbek presidents – reportedly planned for March 31 in Khujand, Tajikistan.

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan’s border clashes in 2021 and 2022 brought the two countries as close to war as they could be, a precipice terrifying enough to inspire serious diplomatic efforts between them over the course of 2023 and 2024. They reached a final agreement in December 2024 on their shared border.

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov is expected to sign the border deal into law alongside Rahmon during the latter’s visit this week.