President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev congratulated the leader of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, on the occasion of the country's national holiday, Independence Day.

Axar.az presents the text of the congratulation:

"Dear Alexander Grigoryevich.

Please accept my sincere congratulations and best wishes on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus.

Based on strong friendship, trust and mutual support, our brotherly countries have established multilateral relations of strategic partnership over the past decades. Your recent state visit to Azerbaijan, the meetings held and the documents signed proved once again that the good traditions of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Belarus are developing today with Uyghur and are enriched with new content.

I am sure that our joint efforts will be directed to the implementation of promising initiatives and projects that will help the development and strengthening of mutually beneficial cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Belarus for the sake of the interests of our friendly peoples and countries.

Dear Alexander Grigoryevich, on this holiday, I wish you good health, happiness and success in your work as a supreme state, and peace and progress to the Republic of Belarus."