According to information provided by the Information and Communications Department of the Border Service of the GKNB, on January 1, 2026, the checkpoints ‘Torugart-Autodorozhny’ and ‘Irkeshtam-Autodorozhny’ located on the Kyrgyz-Chinese border will be closed in connection with the New Year celebrations. Resumption of passage for persons, as well as vehicles and cargo through the ‘Irkeshtam-Autodorozhny’ checkpoint is scheduled for January 1 at 22:00, while movement through the ‘Torugart-Autodorozhny’ checkpoint will open on January 2 at 08:00. The Border Service of the GKNB strongly recommends that citizens and representatives of foreign economic activity take this information into account when planning border crossings.
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