PRIME MINISTER OF AZERBAIJAN REPUBLICHIS EXCELLENCY MR. ILHAM ALIYEV
Cordially, sincerely and with a great pleasure I congratulate You on the brilliant victory in the presidential elections. We, the teaching staff of the Moscow Institute of International Relations /MIIR/, are proud that You, the alumnus of our University have been honored with the Azerbaijani people’s confidence to become a head of state to continue the policy of strengthening and development of Azerbaijan, which had been confidently carried out by President Heydar Aliyevich Aliyev, the longstanding leader of Azerbaijan, Honorary Doctor of MIIR. It gives me a special pleasure that the news on you election came in on the day we were marking the 60th anniversary of the Department of International Relations.
We wish You every success, fruitful work and good health.
Respectfully,
Anatoliy Torkunov,
Rector of Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Corresponding member of the RAS
Moscow, October 17, 2003