Tashkent, July 9 -- 3,000 Uzbek nationals are stranded near the Jibek Joly checkpoint at the Kazakh-Uzbek border in Turkestan region, Uzbekistan's Foreign Ministry said.

Region vice-governor Saken Kalkamanov said that Uzbekistan has allowed 200-300 people to cross the border last week. Region officials, volunteers and sponsors organized food delivery once a day and provided water.

Police officers stand guard at the border so that people do not disperse, because region officials cannot test people for coronavirus now.

Meanwhile, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev said that all people would be brought into the country through maintaining all safety measures and step-by-step

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