President Hu Jintao on Tuesday sent a message to his Tajik
counterpart Emomali Rakhmonov to congratulate him on his victory in
the presidential election.
In the message, Hu extended his sincere congratulations and best
wishes to Rakhmonov.
Hu said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations
between the two countries 15 years ago, great progress had been
achieved in comprehensive exchanges and cooperation in various
fields like politics, trade and economy and culture. In terms of
multilateral issues such as the United Nations and the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization, China and Tajikistan had been mutually
supportive and had intensively cooperated with each other, he
added.
Rakhmonov secured a seven-year term with more than 79 percent of
vote in Monday's election.
Hu said he was willing to make joint efforts with Rakhmonov to
push the bilateral friendship and cooperation to a new level and to
contribute to the persistent peace and stability of the region and
the world as a whole.
(Xinhua News Agency November 8, 2006)
