OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

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

Esteemed Mr President Aliyev,

Your Excellency,

On the occasion of your birthday, I am offering my best and honest wishes for your good health, personal pleasure, and the prosperity of your country.

As a member of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, I am looking forward to our repeated meeting in March 2020 in Baku. It will be a new opportunity for us, former and active heads of states and governments, to openly discuss problems of the world in which we live and the challenges we face. My experience from the previous three years has shown that these are fruitful conversations at which participants also always propose very constructive solutions. Many meetings which Nizami Ganjavi International Center organizes throughout the world are always on opportunity to get to meet participants better personally, but also to build always new bridges of friendship and understanding between people and peoples.

Your Excellency, President Aliyev, I would like to thank you also for supporting the work of NGIC which gathers many of us around the ideas of understanding, tolerance and learning. As you know, Mr President, the driving force which gathers and pushes us forward is the young and most dedicated secretariat. To many of us, members of NGIC, they become a good friend and a part of our family, where everyone takes care of each other. Therefore we perceive NGIC as a common home in which we have the mutual support of friends. Thank you for that opportunity.

Mr President, I wish you a happy birthday and the fulfillment of all your wishes. I also use this opportunity to wish you a happy and successful 2020.

I will see you soon in Azerbaijan.

With utmost respect,

Jadranka Kosor

Former Prime Minister of Croatia

Member of the Nizami Ganjavi international Center