President of South Korea Moon Jae-in has sent a congratulatory letter to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

“On behalf of the Government and the people of the Republic of Korea, I would like to extend to you and the people of the Republic of Azerbaijan my warmest congratulations on the occasion of the Republic Day and the centennial anniversary of the foundation of the Republic of Azerbaijan,” reads the letter.

“I wish to highly appreciate that in the course of the last quarter century of history as an independent country, your nation has made an extraordinary height of achievements in every area,” the South Korean president said in his letter.

“Based on the established best relations and the common cultural background as Altaic language speaking nations, our relationship, I anticipate, will be further strengthened and deepened in a more accelerated manner in the future,” reads the letter.

“Please accept my best wishes for your continued good health and the everlasting prosperity of the Republic of Azerbaijan.”