Your Excellency,

Allow me to offer you my most sincere congratulations on your birthday. I sincerely wish you strong health, happiness and success in your high state position.

I express my full confidence that your experience will help the successful development of the Republic of Azerbaijan and strengthen your country's role in the international arena in the future, too.

Allow me to take the opportunity and express my hope once again that the traditional friendly relations, mutual understanding and fruitful cooperation between the Republic of Moldova and the Republic of Azerbaijan will continue to strengthen in the name of the progress and welfare of our peoples.

Truly yours,

Mihai Ghimpu,
Acting president of the Republic of Moldova

Chisinau, 24.12.2010.