Putin Has no Intention to Congratulate Zelensky

• 05.20.2019, 19:42
•  Europe,  EEU,  World

Press service of Volodymyr Zelensky

Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to congratulate Volodymyr Zelensky on his inauguration as the President of Ukraine yet.

"President Putin will congratulate President Zelensky on his first successes in settling the internal conflict in south-eastern Ukraine, as well as on his first successes in normalizing Russia-Ukraine relations," press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters when asked whether the Russian leader would congratulate Zelensky on his inauguration, Ukrinform reports, referring to TASS. 

Peskov did not specify what the "first successes" could be. "But the first successes (in restoring relations between Moscow and Kyiv) will be obvious. If they happen, we will see them with an unaided eye," he said.