Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations with President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, Prime Minister of the Republic of India Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
The leaders congratulated Vladimir Putin on this convincing victory in the presidential election in Russia, and wished him further success in this demanding post. In their conversations, they touched upon topical matters on their respective bilateral agendas and international relations.
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Vladimir Putin continues to receive written congratulations from foreign leaders on this re-election as President of Russia.
Messages of congratulations have been received from President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, President of the Republic of Abkhazia Raul Khadjimba, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Evo Morales, President of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of Cuba Raul Castro, Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Hungary Janos Ader and Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban, President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Bounnhang Vorachith, President of Moldova Igor Dodon, President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, President of the Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik, President of the Republic of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro.