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

The document was signed by the Congress’s First Vice-President, Rosa María Bartra Barriga.

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.

May 28, 1918, marks the establishment of the ADR, the first independent republic and democratic state on the East. Although it existed for only 23 months, it brought about great progress in foreign policy, and introduced Azerbaijan to the international community.

To appreciate the historical significance of this event not only for Azerbaijan, but also for the entire Islamic world, it is enough to recall that at that time there were only seven independent Muslim states in the world - Turkey, Persia, Afghanistan, Emirate of Bukhara, and three small monarchies of Inner Arabia.

Azerbaijan, which gained its independence in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, celebrates May 28 annually as the Republic Day.

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