On Sept. 17, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev congratulated the Jewish people on the National Day of New Year Holiday of Rosh Hashanah, AzerTAj state news agency reported.
"We assess the traditional friendship and brotherhood between peoples, ethnic and cultural diversity of contemporary Azerbaijani society as the achievement of national statehood of the Republic. Guarantee for the freedom of everyone regardless of language, religion and ethnicity, as well as the country's stability and civil solidarity are the priorities of our policy. The Azerbaijani State has always approached this area with particular care and attention, creating democratic and legal environment for the development of language and culture for all national minorities, including the Jewish community," Head of State said in the congratulatory letter.
Azerbaijani citizens of Jewish nationality are now actively involved in political life and building a democratic state, the letter says.