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Russian President Vladimir Putin. Stock Photography.
It took time. But now the final congratulatory greetings are beginning to flow to the President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
The senders on Tuesday were Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mexican neighbor Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro.
The congratulations came after the United States electoral votes were counted, where Democrat Biden won a clear majority.
The Russian leader is one of the few world leaders who has yet to congratulate Biden. Now came the greeting:
“I am ready for dialogue and contact with you,” Putin said, according to the Kremlin.
Seen as soulless
Putin also tells his future colleague that he wants Russia and the United States, which according to the Russian leader have a special responsibility for global security and stability, “despite their differences, can be helped to solve the many problems and challenges that face the world. ” , reports the AFP news agency.
Biden and Putin are considered to have had a rather cold relationship during the period when Biden was vice president of the United States under Barack Obama.
Russia has also been accused of trying to interfere in the 2016 election, when President Donald Trump was elected.
Biden is expected to sharpen the tone against the Kremlin. In an analysis of Russian leadership after a visit to Russia, Biden said Putin lacked soul, writes the BBC. Biden has also said that he sees Russia as one of the main threats to the United States.
Mexican appeal
Even the president of neighboring Mexico, Manuel López Obrador, can get a bit uphill in his contacts with the White House. The Mexican president of the Moreno party, with a certain left orientation, has cultivated good contacts with Trump.
The belated congratulations from a Mexico, where electoral fraud flourished, have been excused by the fact that all legal aspects should have been resolved before the time to congratulate.
“I appreciate your stance on Mexican migrants around the world,” López Obrador said. He hopes that Biden will support the development of society in southeastern Mexico and Central America. Many residents are leaving poor regions in an attempt to find a new future in the United States, writes Reuters.
The Mexican president also added a small appeal to the neighbor on the other side of the 320-mile border:
“We must respect … the independence of others.”
Almost last in line of world leaders sending congratulatory telegrams was Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. According to Brazil’s Foreign Ministry, former Trump supporter Bolsonaro greeted that he “will be ready” to cooperate with Biden.
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