President Ilham Aliyev congratulated Azerbaijani women on March 8 – International Women’s Day.
The greeting reads:
“Dear ladies!
I heartily congratulate you on International Women’s Day and wish you all good health, happiness and success in your future endeavors.
Our nation has considered women as the embodiment of nobility in all periods of its centuries-old history and has always shown her deep respect. Azerbaijani women have always coped with their duties in the fateful and decisive moments of our past. They have incomparable services in the preservation of our national and moral values, which are our contribution to the treasure of human culture.
Azerbaijani women have won the right to be elected before the women of a number of advanced countries of the world, and have proved that they are forward-thinking, innovative and progressive by taking the first steps among women in the Muslim East in various fields of art and science. They have worked hard to build our country, especially the education, health and culture systems, on modern foundations, and have achieved important achievements in the past period.
Honoring the names of their enlightened predecessors who left a mark in the history of literary-social and cultural-scientific thought, and faithfully advancing on the path opened by them, adhering to the principle of the succession of generations, the women of Azerbaijan add special dynamism and harmony to the development of our society with their full socio-cultural activities.
Our self-sacrificing mothers, like hundreds of years ago, are raising children who know their motherland as dear and sacred as their mother, whose hearts are full of love for their native land, who are loyal to our traditions and who have pure convictions. The unforgettable bravery of our youth, who gave our people the joy of a bright victory in the Patriotic war we waged for the cause of justice, is a clear manifestation of this.
I believe that in the years to come, Azerbaijani women with rich spirituality will give high values to society and write new, bright pages in the annals of our independence.”
