Turkmenistan–Uzbekistan barrier

The Turkmen-Uzbekistan barrier is a border barrier, consisting of a barbed wire fence, erected by Turkmenistan along its border with Uzbekistan.

On March 30, 2001 Turkmenistan's President Saparmurat Niyazov ordered his government to finish construction of the 1,700-kilometer border fence along Turkmenistan's border with Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan by the end of the year to prevent smuggling and illegal migration:

Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan had serious "issues" regarding their mutual border until May 2004 when the Turkmen Foreign Ministry released a statement on May 31, 2004 saying disputes had been resolved.