Azerbaijan, Baku, 3 March / Trend / On 3 March the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a message of congratulations to Dmitry Medvedev in connection with his victory at the presidential elections in Russia. " Azerbaijan and Russia are linked in close, friendly, cooperation and mutually beneficial ties," the letter said.
The bilateral relations between the two countries have acquired new qualitative and strategic partnership levels, the President said.
The President of Azerbaijan expressed his confidence for further mutual efforts in the years ahead to serve the progress of the people of the two countries, for peace and stability in the region and the dynamic development of interstate relations.