Your Excellency,

On behalf of the people and government of Sri Lanka, I am pleased to send you my most sincere congratulations on the occasion of the national holiday of Azerbaijan – the Republic Day.

I do hope that the friendly relations and close cooperation between our countries will continue to grow in the years ahead.

Your Excellency, I wish you good health and happiness, and the people of Azerbaijan sustainable progress and prosperity.

Mahinda Rajapaksa
President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka