TEHRAN – Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri on Sunday congratulated Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev on re-assuming the post of prime minister in Russia, Tasnim reported.

In his message, Jahangiri expressed confidence that during his tenure mutual cooperation between the two immediate neighbors would expand politically, economically, and culturally and the two side would consolidate interaction regionally and globally.

On May 8, Russia’s lower house of parliament confirmed Medvedev as the prime minister, voting 374 against 56 in favor of him, who has held the post since 2012.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was sworn in for a new six-year term earlier in May, had put forward Medvedev to be prime minister and asked lawmakers to support his pick.

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