OFFICIAL NEWS
H.E. MR. ILHAM ALIYEVPRIME MINISTER REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN
I was happy receiving the news on your election as a President of sunny Azerbaijan!
This choice of people is not accidental. It derives from the heart and bright brains. This choice of people is an act of gratitude to your great father, Heydar Aliyevich Aliyev for everything that he has done as a leader of the Republic of Azerbaijan both in the Soviet times and during his presidency of democratic Azerbaijan!
This choice is a wish of people to the son to do everything like his father and even better sometimes!
This choice is an assignment to strengthen friendship with all nations and, first of all, with peoples of Russia, aspirating to revival of the former cooperation!
Please convey my cordial regards and soonest recovery to your father.
I wish you as well as to Azerbaijani people, success on the way towards happy life!
Sincerely,
Nikolay Konarev
Director General
Intertrans joint stock company
Moscow, October 22, 2003