Sheikh Ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh:

 Dear Brother, Dear Friend, I have come to kiss your hands. All Azerbaijani people deeply respect you and pray for your well-being. Our friendship has lasted for 40 years and it is outstanding and exemplary for everyone, including the entire world. Everyone should see this with their own eyes.

The Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II:

I am glad to have the opportunity to greet you personally, the leader of the Muslim world, and I would like to emphasize that we have gone through difficult years, difficult situations. However, despite this difficulty, we always managed to find a common language, develop a common position for the relationship between our countries and religions.

Nothing can hamper our friendship in the future; it is strong and unshakable. Therefore, we have decided to award you a special award of the Georgian Orthodox Church.