Your Excellency,
I would like to extend, on behalf of the Government and the people of the Maldives and on my own behalf, warm felicitations and sincere good wishes to Your Excellency, the Government and the people of Azerbaijan on the joyous occasion of your Independence Day.
Let me also extend my personal best wishes for your good health and happiness, and for further progress and prosperity of the people of Azerbaijan.{nl}

Mohamed Nasheed
President of the Republic of Maldives