President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon sent a congratulatory telegram to the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which reads, in particular:

"Your Excellency,

I am sincerely glad to congratulate Your Excellency, the Government and the friendly people of Turkey on the anniversary of the national holiday.

Tajikistan highly appreciates the current level of relations and the traditional friendly ties between the two countries, and our country is a proponent of strengthening and maximizing, and once again underlines the willingness to use all available opportunities in this direction.

I hope that together we can fill up the content of these relations and to bring them to a new level.

I wish my dear brother, Mr. President, success and new achievements, and the people of friendly Turkey peace, stability and progress".