His Excellency Mr Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Mr President,

May I congratulate you on your re-election as President of your nation and further I would like to thank you for the great support that you have given during my times as President of IPC (2001-2017) to the Azerbaijani National Paralympic Committee.

The progress and rapid development of the NPC of Azerbaijan has given me great pleasure, and it has been wonderful to see how a relative newcomer to Para sports has now moved to a position of sporting importance within the Paralympic Movement. I know that much of this development is thanks to your great support for the NPC.

May I wish you all the very best in your new term of office and look forward to even greater success from the Azerbaijani National Paralympic Committee.

Yours sincerely,

Philip Craven

Former President of International Paralympic Committee