U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent congratulations to Azerbaijani Foreign Elmar Mammadyarov on the Qurban holiday.

In her letter, Clinton congratulated the Azerbaijani people on the beginning of the Hajj, Trend News reports.

Qurban (Eid ul-Adha) is a part of the Muslim rite of the pilgrimage to Mecca. It is celebrated in the Mina Valley near Mecca on the tenth day of the twelfth month of the Muslim Dhul-Hijjah lunar calendar and lasts 3-4 days.