DUSHANBE, 12.01.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – The Founder of Peace and National Unity, Leader of the Nation, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon sent a message of congratulations to the president elect of the Kyrgyz Republic Sadyr Japarov.

The message reads in part:

“Sadyr Nurgojoevich,

I congratulate you on your victory on winning the Kyrgyzstan’s presidential elections.

The result of the Kyrgyz people’s vote is evidence of the broad public support for the course you have chosen, which aims at strengthening stability and harmony in the country and its further sustainable development and prosperity.

The people of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are connected by the bonds of centuries-old friendship, good neighborliness and mutual respect. With a view of preserving and augmenting the fruitful historical legacy of relations between our peoples, I hope for joint and consistent efforts to elevate the entire range of Tajik-Kyrgyz multifaceted cooperation to a qualitatively new level.

Taking this opportunity, I wish you, dear Sadyr Nurgojoevich, good health and every success in your responsible activities as president of the Kyrgyz Republic, while to the brotherly people of Kyrgyzstan, I wish peace, stability and ever-increasing progress.»