Erdoğan congratulates Ukraine's president-elect Zelensky

April 25 2019 10:56:34

Erdoğan congratulates Ukraine's president-elect Zelensky

ANKARA- Anadolu Agency

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on April 25 congratulated Ukraine's president-elect Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call.

Ukrainian comedian Zelensky won last Sunday's runoff election by a landslide, exit polls showed.

Zelensky, the candidate of the Servant of the People Party, secured 73.2% of the votes, while his rival Petro Poroshenko trailed at 25.3%.

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