BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 10. President of
Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov has made changes to the leadership of the
Border Service of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS),
appointing Mairambek Ismanaliev as First Deputy Chairman and Chief
of the Main Staff, and Zhaanybai Yusubaliev as Deputy Chairman.
Mirzamir Sydykov was relieved from the post of First Deputy
Chairman and Chief of the Main Staff, according to the Kyrgyz
president’s press service.
According to presidential orders signed pursuant to Article 71
of the Constitution of Kyrgyzstan, the new appointments take
immediate effect, officially finalizing the latest changes in the
country’s border command structure.
Furthermore, the Border Service is responsible for protecting
Kyrgyzstan’s state borders, ensuring compliance with border
regulations, and carrying out border control at designated crossing
points. Its duties also include monitoring the movement of people,
vehicles, and goods across the country’s borders, preventing
illegal border crossings, and contributing to national security and
territorial integrity.
The structure of Kyrgyzstan’s border protection authorities was
updated in November 2020, when the government reorganized the
independent State Border Service into the Border Service of the
State Committee for National Security to improve border control and
strengthen efforts against the smuggling of goods, weapons, and
illicit drugs.
