BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 26. Igor Babushkin,
Governor of the Astrakhan Region of the Russian Federation, sent a
congratulatory letter to Mehriban Aliyeva, First Vice President of
Azerbaijan.


''Dear Mehriban Arifovna,


Please accept my deepest respect and sincere congratulations on
the occasion of your birthday.


I wish you robust health, prosperity, inexhaustible energy,
happiness, and continued success in your multifaceted
activities.


I express my sincere gratitude to you for your support in
strengthening cooperation between the Astrakhan Region and the
Republic of Azerbaijan.


I am confident that bilateral interaction will continue to
develop successfully, creating opportunities for the implementation
of new joint initiatives and projects,'' the letter reads.