President Medvedev wished Happy New Year to world leaders, the Kremlin press service said Wednesday.
In a message addressed to Indian President Pratibha Patil Medvedev highly appreciated the development of bilateral relations in 2009, in particular, cooperation in the field of economy, culture and in humanitarian fields.
In a message addressed to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Medvedev praised a unique and multifarious character of the festival of the Year of Russia in India and the Year of India in Russia. The Russian president believes in new opportunities offered in the New Year for the advance of mutually advantageous projects for the benefit of the two countries and in the interests of ensuring global and regional security and stability, he said in the message.
Addressing Chinese Chairman Hu Jintao Medvedev praised joint efforts made in the outgoing year to strengthen the relations of confidential partnership and strategic cooperation between Russia and China. Medvedev praised the accomplishments made by two countries by a historic date – the 60th anniversary since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
In a New Year message addressed to leaders of the CIS President Medvedev underlined steadfast and constructive development of multifarious relations between Russia and Azerbaijan. Medvedev firmly believes in realisation of new perspective projects in different fields of mutually advantageous cooperation, the Russian president said in a message to President of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliyev.
