President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon sent a congratulatory telegram to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, which reads, in particular:
"Dear Nursultan Abishevich,
Accept my sincere congratulations on the anniversary of the national holiday of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Independence Day.
Tajikistan relations with Kazakhstan have always been and will be one of the main foreign policy priorities. We are interested in their ongoing development and are ready to do whatever is necessary to implement in practice the enormous potential for collaboration that have our countries. I would like to express the hope that together we can enrich the valuable capital, which have inherited from our ancestors.
I wish you, dear Nursultan Abishevich, good health and achieving of goals for the prosperity of your country and the brotherly people of Kazakhstan - well-being and further progress".