Farewell Barak: Uzbekistan Absorbs Kyrgyz Exclave As Part Of Historic Border Deal

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Farewell Barak: Uzbekistan Absorbs Kyrgyz Exclave As Part Of Historic Border Deal

Residents of the former Kyrgyz exclave of Barak inside Uzbekistan bade farewell to their home village with mixed emotions this month, as the historic border deal reached by Bishkek and Tashkent became reality. Any other proposed land swaps in Central Asia look far more difficult to achieve.