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The Azerbaijani government has said it hoped for further expansion of relations with Russia during the presidency of Dmitri Medvedev.
Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev who had been endorsed by incumbent president Vladimir Putin won Sunday's election by landslide, according to preliminary official tallies.
The Foreign Ministry spokesman Khazar Ibrahim said Medvedev was well-versed on Azerbaijan and Baku was therefore content with the election result. "We will aim to further develop our relations during the next president's tenure. We are confident that bilateral relations will rise to a higher level."
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has congratulated Medvedev on his election. He emphasized that Azerbaijan and Russia have been historically linked by close friendship, good neighborliness ties, cooperation and mutual support. He indicated that relations between the two countries have reached a level of strategic partnership. The Azerbaijani leader expressed confidence that joint efforts of the two countries would promote the development of the two nations and countries, peace and stability in the region as well as further expansion and strengthening of mutually-beneficial Azeri-Russian relations.