Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves said Monday he hopes the election of Dmitry Medvedev as Russia's new president will bring better ties between the two countries, according to reports reaching here from Tallinn, the capital of the Baltic state.
Ilves said his country wants to have constructive, pragmatic and good-neighborly ties with Russia on the basis of mutual benefit and mutual respect. Estonia hopes to open dialogue with Russia for that purpose, he added.
The Estonian leader also hopes Russia will improve relations with the West.
According to Russia's Central Election Commission, Medvedev, the country's first deputy prime minister, won a landslide victory in Sunday's election, gaining 70.23 percent of the votes, with 99.45 ballots counted.
Source:Xinhua
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