Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said Russia was following with great interest news from Turkey, where presidential and parliamentary elections were held on Sunday May 14.
“We respect and will address the choice of the Turkish people,” he said.
The Kremlin spokesman noted that regardless of the outcome, Moscow expects cooperation with Ankara to continue, deepen and expand, stressing that the parties interact in various fields.
“It is a cooperation that is really mutually beneficial, that is, it absolutely meets the interests of the Turkish people and the people of the Russian Federation,” Peskov added.
Turkey is a strong sovereign state in which a mature democracy thrives, a spokesman for the Russian president said, responding to a question about the risks of the United States staging a “Turkish Maidan”.
Earlier in Turkey, as part of the counting of votes in the presidential elections on May 14, 100% of the ballot boxes were opened. According to the state television channel TRT, outgoing head of state Recep Tayyip Erdogan won 49.35% of the vote, his main rival, the sole opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, received 45% support. voters.
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