OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

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

Your Excellency,

Assalamu Alaikum Warahmatullaahi Wabarakaatuh

I am pleased to extend my warmest congratulations to you and to the government and people of the Republic of Azerbaijan on your Republic Day.

I greatly appreciate the warm friendship and cooperation shared between our two countries and peoples, and I look forward to further deepening our much-valued ties both bilaterally and internationally, particularly through your chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement.

With my kindest regards and very best wishes for your continued good health and happiness and for the prosperity of the people of Azerbaijan, and I wish you a joyous Eid Al-Fitr Mubarak.

Wassalamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakaatuuh

Haji Hassanal Bolkiah

Sultan of Brunei