The message says:

I extend warm felicitations to you on your 45th birthday.

Under your correct leadership the Syrian government and people are making steady progress in the work for the country's development and modernization, overcoming manifold difficulties and trials.

Being convinced that the good relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries with a long history and tradition will further develop under the joint care, I heartily wish you good health and happiness and greater successes in the work for the country's prosperity and the fair settlement of the Mideast issue.