Uzbek-Kazakh border being closed. MFA clarifies for whom there will be exceptions

According to the press service of the Foreign Ministry, from January 15, 2022, crossing the state border of the Republic of Uzbekistan with the Republic of Kazakhstan by citizens of the two countries is temporarily suspended, with the exception of the following categories of persons:

- all categories of citizens entering by air;
- citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan (citizens of the parties) returning to their homeland; 
- employees of intergovernmental courier communications;
- drivers engaged in international transportation of goods; 
- persons following as part of official (government) delegations; 
- employees of diplomatic missions, consular offices and international organizations, as well as members of their families;
- service personnel of facilities of the Republic of Uzbekistan located on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as facilities of the Republic of Kazakhstan located on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan;
- citizens of Uzbekistan, as well as Kazakhstan, carrying out their activities within the framework of investment projects in these states;
- citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan permanently residing in the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan permanently residing in the Republic of Kazakhstan;
- citizens of the parties traveling for the purpose of study;
- citizens of the parties entering (leaving) for medical purposes, for the purpose of visiting seriously ill close relatives, or participating in funeral events of close relatives;
- citizens of the parties accompanying the bodies of deceased citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan.