Tajik president congratulates Kyrgyz counterpart on re-election

BISHKEK, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon on Friday congratulated his Kyrgyz counterpart Kurmanbek Bakiyev on his re-election, according to the Tajik presidential press.

Rakhmon congratulated Bakiyev on his landslide victory in Thursday's presidential election during a telephone conversation, the press said.

He expressed the hope that Bakiyev could make further achievements in his new term, it said.

Bakiyev won re-election on Friday after preliminary results showed he had obtained more than 50 percent of the votes.

It was Kyrgyzstan's fifth general election since gaining independence in 1991.