'''Tort-Kocho''' ({{langx|ky|Төрт-Көчө}}; {{langx|tg|Қитъаи Чоркӯча}}) is a neutral zone between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. As part of the 2025 delimitation of the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border, the {{cvt|10|m}} wide roadbed and a {{cvt|15|m}} "security zone" were declared neutral territory, with Kyrgyzstani politician Kamchybek Tashiev saying the road will not belong to "either the Kyrgyz or Tajik side".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Makanbai |first1=Gulmira |title=Neutral status granted to Tort-Kocho area on Kyrgyz-Tajik border |url=https://24.kg/english/321315_Neutral_status_granted_to_Tort-Kocho_area_on_Kyrgyz-Tajik_border/ |access-date=24 March 2025 |work=24.kg |date=27 February 2025}}</ref>
Tort-Kocho is an area where the major roads intersect. In that place the main road from Isfara to the Vorukh enclave in Tajikistan and the main road from Batken to Razzakov in Kyrgyzstan intersect. Prior to 2025, both the Kyrgyz and Tajikistani considered the road part of their sovereign territory.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chynybaeva |first1=Baktygul |title=Kyrgyz Official Ignites Controversy On Anniversary Of Deadly Clashes On Border With Tajikistan |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/kyrgyzstan-tajikistan-border-clashes-anniversary-controversy-tashiev/32599893.html |access-date=24 March 2025 |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=20 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The road was contested during the 2021 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes when Tajik administrators blocked the Osh–Batken–Isfana road demanding the Tort-Kocho road be unblocked by Kyrgyzstan.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://akipress.com/news:657656:Tajikistan_blocks_Osh-Batken-Isfana_road,_demands_to_reopen_road_to_Vorukh_enclave/ |title=Tajikistan blocks Osh-Batken-Isfana road, demands to reopen road to Vorukh enclave |quote=The Tajik side blocked Osh-Batken-Isfana road in Tort-Kocho area and demanded to reopen the road to Vorukh enclave, Batken region administration's representative Musurmanbek Tursumatov told Turmush. [...] The road was blocked since around 10.00 a.m. of May 1 despite the agreement reached on reopening of the road on April 30. |agency=AKIpress News Agency |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210501135815/https://akipress.com/news:657656:Tajikistan_blocks_Osh-Batken-Isfana_road,_demands_to_reopen_road_to_Vorukh_enclave/ |archive-date=1 May 2021 |date=1 May 2021}}</ref>
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