“Congratulations to Vladimir Zelensky on his victory in the leading elections in Ukraine. Ukraine is a valuable partner for NATO, we look forward to continued cooperation, ”the head of the North Atlantic Alliance wrote on Twitter.
Congratulations to Volodymyr Zelensky for winning # Ukraine's presidential elections. Ukraine is a valued #NATO partner. pic.twitter.com/peHSUmAuLm
- Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) April 21, 2019At the same time, Duda, in a telephone conversation with Zelensky, invited him to Poland.
President @AndrzejDuda podd hour telephone rozmov and privitta ukrainskogo President Elekt Volodymyr Zelensky that requesting you to Polish.
- Kancelaria Prezydenta (@prezydentpl) April 21, 2019According to Tusk, a peaceful change of government and free elections are evidence of a strong democracy in Ukraine.
A decisive day for Ukraine. Free elections democracy. Congratulations to Volodymyr Zelensky. The EU is determined to continue its support.
- Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) April 21, 2019“The EU is determined to continue its support,” he said.
Earlier in the CEC of Ukraine published the first election results.
So, after processing 1.47% of the ballots, Vladimir Zelensky gets 70.82% of the votes, Petro Poroshenko - 26.82%.
The US Embassy in Ukraine and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurtz have already congratulated Zelensky on the election victory.