Published by: THE WORLD UYGHUR NETWORK NEWS 18 September 1997

RFE/RL Newsline, No. 120, Part I, 9/18/97

Kazakhstan and China have delimited another 11 kilometer stretch of their common border, near the Khan-Tengri peak, Interfax reported on 17 September. An agreement on that section of the border is expected to be signed when Chinese Premier Li Peng visits Kazakhstan on 25 September. Sections on the 1,700 kilometer border east of Almaty and in the far eastern part of Kazakhstan have still be determined.