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Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 6.02 GMT |
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SL supports
Tajikistan for flood relief |
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Sri
Lanka
donated
US $
25,000
as an
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
yesterday
(23).
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
Government
has also
taken
many
measures
to
develop
bilateral
activities,
especially,
among
the
Central
Asian
countries
including
Tajikistan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Uzbekistan,
Kazakhastan
and
Turkmenistan.
The
Government
of
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.
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