In an official message, forwarded on Tuesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Kassym-Jomart Tokayev for being elected as the President of Kazakhstan.
President Hassan Hassan Rouhani's message is as follows:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful,
Your Excellency Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev,
President of Kazakhstan,
I offer my sincere congratulations on your election as the President of Kazakhstan.
I hope that with your election, relations between the two countries develop in the common interest and the consolidation of regional peace and stability.
I pray to the Almighty for your Excellency’s health and success, and the people of the Republic of Kazakhstan’s prosperity and felicity.
Hassan Rouhani
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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