Dear Mr. President,
Congratulations on your fiftieth birthday. I appreciated your letter on the occasion of my fiftieth birthday last August. This is indeed an important anniversary, and I hope that you are able to celebrate it together with family and good friends as I did.
Our two countries have a strong relationship based on shared interests and mutual respect, and I am firmly committed to strengthening this vital partnership. We will continue to cooperate closely on a wide range of challenges, including our countries` efforts to diversify energy supplies to Europe, advance democratic and economic reform, and enhance regional security, particularly in achieving a lasting, peaceful resolution to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Please accept my congratulations for your birthday and my very best wishes to you and your family for the New Year.
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Sincerely,
President of the United States of America
Barack Obama
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Dear Mr. President, dear Mr. Aliyev,
I would like to sincerely congratulate you on your 50th birthday anniversary.
Your birthday coincides with the 20th independence anniversary of your country, which Germany has supported from the very first day.
I wish you good health on this personal holiday.
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Sincerely,
Angela Merkel
Federal Chancellor of Germany
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Dear President Aliyev,
With your permission I would like to sincerely congratulate you on the occasion of your 50th birthday anniversary and wish you good health and happiness.
I am sure that you will continue to successfully lead your country so that we could jointly continue the comprehensive cooperation in the name of developing Serbian-Azerbaijani friendly relations.
Your Excellency, I want to take this opportunity to reaffirm my highest consideration for you.
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Boris Tadic
President of the Republic of Serbia
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Your Excellency,
I am very pleased to convey to you my most sincere congratulations and best wishes on the occasion of your remarkable birthday anniversary.
I wish you a long life, good health and every success in your public activities.
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Sincerely,
Abdullah II Bin Al Hussein
King of Jordan
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On 23 December 2011, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the distinguished Ilham Aliyev, is turning 50. We are wishing him a happy birthday, good health and a long and happy life.
The distinguished President of the brotherly Republic of Azerbaijan has been performing these duties for eight years and performing them successfully. We wish him many more successful years.
Dear Ilham Aliyev was first elected by the Azerbaijani people to this top post a decade after the restoration of independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, after the death of the great leader and founding father of the state, Heydar Aliyev. In an election five years later he was re-elected as President of Azerbaijan. As is evident, he took on a very difficult job at a very challenging period and coped with it well. Evidence of his success is what we see in Azerbaijan today.
Azerbaijan has achieved tangible development. On the one hand, a multiparty political system has been established, on the other, the country has secured rapid development from economic and social standpoints. Those who have seen Azerbaijan twice with an interval of 10 years can't but express admiration with the changes.
It was a difficult task. When Azerbaijan regained its independence on 18 October 1991, the world was undecided. The fate of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic established on 28 May 1918 was not forgotten. In a speech in the Azerbaijani Parliament in May 1992, I, then the Prime Minister of Turkey, pointed to the difficulties facing the country.
The following transformation was to take place: transition from communism to democracy, from the Marxist to a market-driven economy. The state had to be rebuilt and the people mobilized. This difficult task was courageously assumed by my dear friend, great leader Heydar Aliyev. More precisely, the people of Azerbaijan strongly urged him to take this post. It was necessary to put the state on its feet, solve internal problems, develop a system and make it work, and establish relations with the rest of the world. It was highly important to do this.
Over the past 20 years - 10 with the father and 10 with the son - thanks to the efforts made, many difficulties have been eliminated, the war stopped, peace talks begun and goals met. This is an outstanding achievement. Today, Azerbaijan is a member of many international and European organizations. It strives for cooperation in the region, has trade links with world countries, and supplies its natural resources to world markets. Azerbaijani businessmen can now invest in other countries, while foreign investors now operate in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan operates in a system that is open to global competition and is integrated into the modern world. Per capita incomes exceed $10,000. Development, improvement, construction and creative work are in full swing.
On 9-11 October, Baku hosted the International Humanitarian Forum, which was attended by eminent personalities from around the world. Azerbaijan had the opportunity to drive its message across. While in Baku to participate in the forum, I visited the grave of my dear friend and brother, Heydar Aliyev. I read a prayer for the repose of his soul.
I said, "Dear brother, stand up and see what has been done. Beautiful Azerbaijan is in good hands. Ilham Aliyev is fulfilling his responsibilities so that you can be proud of him. Rest in peace!"
Dear President Ilham Aliyev is a respected leader who has achieved tremendous success and is working for the welfare and happiness of his people. I wish him every success in serving this wonderful country and this great nation.
I appreciate the support for the President on the part of his closest ally, respected Mehriban Aliyeva.
Suleyman Demirel
Ninth President of the Republic of Turkey
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Dear Ilham Heydar oglu!
I would like to sincerely congratulate you on your 50th birthday anniversary. This day is an important stage of your fruitful activities.
Heading the Republic of Azerbaijan and dedicating all your strength and energy to its further development, you have become a true leader for your people worthily continuing the course of your father - outstanding statesman Heydar Aliyev. Under your leadership, Azerbaijan has experienced a new impetus in the strengthening of its statehood, socioeconomic, spiritual and cultural development. Today, a high level of comprehensive cooperation has been achieved between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Azerbaijan. The good neighborly relations between Azerbaijan and Dagestan are developing and deepening. I am convinced that the strong traditions of friendship, good neighborliness and cooperation, which are based on a wealth of life experience and bind our nations together, will continue to grow and develop.
Dear Ilham Heydar oglu, please accept my heartfelt wishes for good health, happiness and continued success in your multi-faceted and important work for the benefit of the Azerbaijani people.
Magomedsalam Magomedov
President of the Republic of Dagestan
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Dear Ilham Heydar oglu,
On my own behalf and on behalf of the People`s Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan I sincerely congratulate you on your 50th birthday anniversary.
The people of Dagestan know you as a politician and statesman very well, appreciate your efforts towards strengthening the traditional fraternal friendship and cooperation between the peoples of our republics and preserving peace and stability.
Please accept my best wishes for good health, inexhaustible strength and energy for many years, continued success in your many-sided activity in the name of the prosperity of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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Magomed-Sultan Magomedov
Chairman of the People`s Assembly of the Republic of Dagestan
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