Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend / On 17 October, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, sent a congratulation message to his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of Independence Day of Azerbaijan. "I am confident that friendly relations and mutually beneficial cooperation established between Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan will continue to consistently develop for the good of our two countries," the message says.
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