Putin in the congratulation of Trump called him to pragmatic cooperation

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in congratulations to the American colleague Donald Trump, urged him to build pragmatic cooperation. This was reported on the Kremlin’s website in big material about Putin's congratulations to the heads of state and international organizations.

Trump is mentioned closer to the end of the material - after the heads of the CIS states and President of Syria Bashar al -Assad, but before Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

"According to the Russian leader, in the current difficult international situation, building a constructive Russian -American dialogue is especially in demand in order to strengthen strategic stability in the world and finding optimal answers to global challenges and threats," the congratulation says.

Putin also emphasized that the principles of equality and mutual respect become the basis for the development of relations between countries: "This would advance in the construction of pragmatic cooperation, oriented towards a long -term perspective."

In mid -December, the Kremlin announced that Putin thanked Trump for effective cooperation in the fight against terrorism: according to him, who were preparing an explosion in the Kazan Cathedral of the "St. Petersburg Islamists" were detained after the CIA was aiming. Trump passed congratulations to the head of the intelligence agency.