OFFICIAL NEWS
H.E. ILHAM ALIYEVPRIME MINISTER BAKUAZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC
First of all I would like to congratulate you on your recent appointment as Prime Minister of the Azerbaijan Republic.
Your appointment no doubt, is eloquent testimony of your personal achievements, which have seen it fit for you to be elevated to this important position in your great country. We are fully aware how you have very supportive of chess in your capacity as President of the national Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijan Republic and we would like to thank you for your kind contribution.
We wish you every success in your new assignment and hope that we shall be able to work with your country, to uplift chess not only in Azerbaijan but also in the rest of the world.
Yours sincerely,
Georgios Makropoulos
Deputy President
International Chess Federation
Zurab Azmaiparashvili
Vice President
International Chess Federation