Sri Lanka donates US$ 25,000 to Tajikistan

Sri Lanka donated US$ 25,000 as emergency relief for the recent flood victims of the Republic of Tajikistan.

The cheque was handed over by the concurrently accredited Sri Lanka Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, Air Chief Marshal Jayalath Weerakkody, after presentation of his credentials to Republic of Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon on Monday.

The credentials ceremony was held at the President’s House in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

The Sri Lankan Government recognized the Republic of Tajikistan as an independent State in 1992, after the disintegration of the former Soviet Union. Sri Lanka and the Republic of Tajikistan established diplomatic relations in April 2001. The Sri Lanka High Commissioner in Islamabad is concurrently accredited as Sri Lanka Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan.

The Sri Lankan Government has taken many measures to develop bilateral activities, especially, among the Central Asian countries including Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.

Under the direction of President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the Sri Lankan Government has provided emergency relief to several countries, including to earthquake victims in China in 2007.