On the initiative of congressman Dalmiro Feliciano Palomino Ortiz, the Peruvian Congress has unanimously approved a congratulatory document on 28 May – Azerbaijan’s Republic Day.

The document was signed by the Congress’s First Vice-President, Ms Rosa María Bartra Barriga, Azerbaijan’s Embassy in Mexico told APA.

The document says that the Republic of Azerbaijan is the first democratic republic in the Muslim world with equal rights for all of its citizens and that it is a multinational and multicultural country.

It also notes that the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1996 and Azerbaijan is a key partner of Peru.