President of Azerbaijan congratulates Barack Obama

"Your victory in the elections is a vivid evidence of trust and belief of the American people in you personally and your political course.

We attach a particular importance to the relations between the United States of America and Azerbaijan. These relations have followed an evolutionary path, with our friendship and cooperation elevated up to the current level of strategic partnership.

Today`s close cooperation between our countries in a variety of fields, especially, in that of energy security, and the US` direct involvement in and overall support for the large-scale transnational projects under implementation, is one of the major factors of our success.

We welcome the efforts of the United State of America as a Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk group towards fair settlement of our people`s most painful problem, the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and pin great hopes for its soonest resolution on the base of the international legal norms and principles, and for putting an end to the Armenian aggression and for liberation of our occupied lands.

I am convinced that friendly relations between our countries will continue to develop successfully."

President Ilham Aliyev wished US President-elect Barack Obama good health, happiness and every success in his efforts towards ensuring prosperity of the friendly American people.

/AzerTac/