The new Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the Republic of Tajikistan, Dr Cyprus Yiorgallis, handed over his credentials to the President of the country, Emomali Rahmon, at a ceremony held yesterday, Thursday, 9 March 2023, at the Presidential Palace in Dushanbe.
The Ambassador conveyed the cordial greetings of the President of the Republic Mr. Nikos Christodoulides and expressed his readiness and commitment to further strengthen and deepen the relations between the two countries, as well as their cooperation both at the bilateral level and in the framework of the European Union-Tajikistan relations.
The President of the Republic of Tajikistan extended warm greetings to the President of the Republic of Cyprus. He then referred to bilateral relations between Cyprus and Tajikistan, focusing on strengthening political dialogue and cooperation at bilateral, European and international level. He expressed his readiness to support the Ambassador's work, with a view to strengthening relations between the two countries.
During his presence in Tajikistan, Dr Yiorgallis held a meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Muzaffar Huseinzoda, during which the whole range of bilateral and multilateral relations was discussed. For his part, the Ambassador briefed on developments regarding the Cyprus issue and made specific suggestions for the development of the institutional framework for bilateral cooperation. Mr. Huseinzoda reaffirmed his country's principled position on the Cyprus problem and expressed the political will to further strengthen the bilateral agenda on the basis of practical measures to be promoted in the near future.
(MF/AF/SX)
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