Kremlin: Russia respects choice of French people

Russia is ready to work on building up good relations with France and respects the choice of the French people made during the presidential election, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"We support building up good mutually beneficial relations. We respect the choice of French citizens," TASS cited Peskov as saying,

According to preliminary data of France’s Interior Ministry, leader of the En Marche! movement, Emmanuel Macron, won the first round of the presidential election in France on Sunday, scoring 23.75%. Marine Le Pen, who leads France’s right-wing National Front political party, received 21.53% of the vote.