Secretary General of TURKSOY Sultan Raev addressed a congratulatory letter to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

APA reports that the congratulation reads:

"Dear Mr. President.

I sincerely congratulate you on your birthday on behalf of the General Secretariat of the International Organization of Turkish Culture - TURKSOY, the Permanent Council of Ministers of Culture of the member countries and personally.

Thanks to your Excellency's wise policy, Azerbaijan is continuously developing its rightful place as a leading country in the Turkic world and the international world.

By the decision of the Permanent Council of TURKSOY, the city of Shusha, the cradle of culture of Azerbaijan, has been declared the "cultural capital of the Turkish world" for 2023, and your Excellency's special order in this regard has been issued to further expand the unity and solidarity between the Turkic peoples with the events we will hold throughout the year in Azerbaijan and in our other member countries. will contribute.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep gratitude for the attention and support you have shown to the activities of TURKSOY, and on this significant day, I wish your Excellency good health, long life and new success in your work as a supreme state".