ANKARA - Leaders of several countries phoned Justice & Development (AK) Party Chairman and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to congratulate him for his electoral victory.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Lebanese PM Fuad Siniora, Albanian PM Sali Berisha and Pakistani PM Shaukat Aziz called Erdogan on Wednesday, said sources.
On the other hand, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to PM Erdogan and expressed his wish to upgrade relations between the two countries to partnership level, Kremlin sources told A.A..