Dear Mr. Prime Minister,
I cordially congratulate you on your re-election as Prime Minister of Japan.
Today bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Japan are steadily developing. I am sure our joint efforts towards strengthening traditional friendly relations, expanding mutually beneficial cooperation will continue to serve the prosperity of our countries and peoples.
Taking the opportunity, I congratulate you on the occasion of the New Year, wish you robust health, happiness, successes in your future activity for the prosperity of the friendly people of Japan.
 

Ilham Aliyev,
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Baku, 27 December 2012