Russian President Vladimir Putin hopes that the work of Isaac Herzog as Israel’s President will facilitate constructive interaction between the two countries.
"Russian-Israeli relations are of a friendly nature. I hope that your activity at the helm of state will facilitate further development of multifaceted and constructive bilateral cooperation, including interaction in international affairs," Putin noted in a telegram published on the Kremlin website on Wednesday.
According to the Russian leader, such cooperation "undoubtedly, answers the cardinal interests of our people."
On May 2, Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel Isaac Herzog was elected in the first round of a secret ballot by Knesset lawmakers as the 11th President of Israel. He will replace Reuven Rivlin at the end of the first decade of July after his seven-year term is completed.
