Congratulatory telegrams have been received by the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon on the occasion of the twenty-first anniversary of the State Independence of the Republic of Tajikistan from a number of foreign countries, governments, leaders of international and regional organizations, and chairmen of public associations.

The congratulatory messages have been addressed to the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the US President Barack Obama, President of China Hu Jintao, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Turkey Abdullah Gul, the Queen of the Netherlands – Beatrix, the President of the United Arab Emirates – Khalif bin Zayed Al-Nahayan, Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates – Mohammad bin Rashid Al-Maktum, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Nursultan Nazarbaev, President of Uzbekistan – Islam Karimov, Chairman of State Council and Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba – Raul Castro, the Sovereign Pontiff – Benedict XVI, the Head of Ismailites of the world – Prince Karim Ismail Aga Khan IV, the Head of UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy in Central Asia – Miroslav Enca.

The reception of congratulatory messages addressed to the President of the country on the occasion of the twenty-first anniversary of the State Independence of the Republic of Tajikistan is to be continued.