The President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon has sent a congratulatory message to the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai on the occasion of the 93^rd anniversary of State Independence of Afghanistan, which reads in part:

“In recent years, our constructive and dynamically enhancing relations with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan have been consistently developing and deepening not only on bilateral, but also on multilateral basis.

I am confident that at the current stage, when the practical implementation of the decisions of Tokio Conference and projects proposed at the RECCA-V Conference in Dushanbe has begun, Tajikistan and Afghanistan, two friendly and neighboring countries will cooperate more closely and fruitfully. We reiterate the necessity of strengthening partnership and mutual assistance in issues of realization of infrastructure, energy, security, border trade, education and health projects and we are ready to take consistent efforts in this direction.

In this happy day, I wish Your Excellency strong health, success and new triumphs, as well as peace, stability, happiness and prosperity to the friendly and brotherly Afghan people”.