Kassym-Jomart Tokayev received a telegram of congratulations from the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on his re-election as the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. “You have received a convincing mandate of trust from your fellow citizens, which opens up new opportunities for the implementation of the course of state development promoted by you. The strategic partnership and allied relations between our countries, based on the good traditions of friendship, neighborliness and mutual respect, are developing very successfully. We will continue to work together to further improve these relations,” the telegram says.