Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated many world leaders and politicians, including Brazilian Jair Bolsonaro and his longtime friend, Italian Silvio Berlusconi, on Friday for the 2023 New Year.
The Russian leader’s greetings were posted on the Kremlin’s website, but noted the exclusion of representatives of certain western countries, such as the United States, Germany and France, who were described as “enemy”.
Putin did not congratulate Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, but did “hide his greetings” especially to Berlusconi, who recently announced that he was “restarting relations” with the Russian leader, and would even exchange alcoholic beverages. and “very sweet letters”.
Addressing Russian President Bolsonaro, he “expressed his satisfaction” during Brazil’s tenure that “Moscow and Brazil have cooperated widely on international platforms, particularly within the BRICS, and have successfully progressed in friendly bilateral relations”.
Among the leaders who received Putin’s votes are the former president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan (1998-2008); Nursultan Nazarbayev (1991-2019), the first president of Kazakhstan; Former President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan (2008-2018) and former Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder (1999-2005).
Even Chinese presidents Xi Jinping are on the list; Turk, Recep Tayyip Erdogan; Syria, Bashar Assad; Venezuelan, Nicolas Maduro; and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
However, Putin did not wish the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, as well as US Presidents Joe Biden and France Emmanuel Macron to get well soon. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will be the only European leaders to receive the salute.
source: Noticias
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