Following talks in Dushanbe on 23 August, the prime ministers of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, Oqil Oqilov and Utkir Sultanov, signed agreements on rail transit, television broadcasting, and the procedure for servicing Tajikistan's debt to Uzbekistan. They also signed a protocol on the functioning of border checkpoints, and discussed progress in delimitation of their shared border, 70 percent of which has been demarcated. Oqilov said the accords will stimulate bilateral economic cooperation. Meanwhile, two young Tajik women trying to cross the border into Uzbekistan were killed by a landmine the same day, Interfax reported. Almost 60 people have been killed by border mines over the past three years. (RFE/RL)