The Government of Sri Lanka donated a sum of US $ 25,000/- as an emergency relief for the recent flood victims of the Republic of Tajikistan.
The cheque for the above sum was handed over by the concurrently accredited Sri Lanka Ambassador to Tajikistan, Air Chief Marshal Jayalath Weerakkody, who presented his Credentials on 23 November to Mr Emomali Rahmon, President of tTajikistan today, 23 November 2009. The Credentials Ceremony was held in the President’s House in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Sri Lanka recognized Tajikistan as an independent state in 1992, after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union. Sri Lanka and Tajikistan established diplomatic relations in April 2001.
The Sri Lanka High Commissioner in Islamabad is concurrently accredited as Sri Lanka Ambassador of Tajikistan. Meanwhile, the Tajikistan Ambassador in New Delhi is concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka. Tajikistan had extended their full support to Sri Lanka, on many occasions in the recent past, on bilateral and multilateral issues in the international fora.
Also, Sri Lanka has taken many measures to develop bilateral activities, especially, among the Central Asian countries including Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhastan and Turkmenistan.
Sri Lanka has provided emergency relief to several countries, including to earthquake victims in China in 2007, and earthquake victims in Pakistan in 2005.
The visiting Sri Lanka Ambassador is also expected to meet high level dignitaries in Tajikistan, including the Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Defence, Minister of Energy & Industry and Minister of Economic Development & Trade, to develop more bilateral trade, tourism and economic diplomacy with the Government of Tajikistan.
- Asian Tribune -
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