To the First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Her Excellency

Mrs. Mehriban Aliyeva

Dear Mehriban Arif gizi,

Please accept my warmest congratulations on the occasion of your birthday.

As a true friend of Russia, you are making a significant contribution to the strengthening of the strategic partnership between our countries. I am confident that these relations will continue to develop productively in all areas for the benefit of the Russian and Azerbaijani peoples.

Dear Mehriban Arif gizi, I sincerely wish you good health, well-being and success in your state activities. Please extend my cordial greetings to your family.

Sincerely,

Vladimir Putin

President of the Russian Federation