U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin offered their congratulations, on Monday, to Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
"The US-Japan Alliance is the cornerstone of peace, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific and the world, and I look forward to working closely with Prime Minister Kishida to strengthen our cooperation in the months and years ahead," Biden said in a statement.
Biden added: "The historic partnership between our two democracies and our two peoples will continue to be a critical asset as we work together to take on the challenges of our time."
In the same vein, Putin sent a congratulatory message to Kishida on the occasion of his election as Japan’s Prime Minister, the Kremlin press service reported.
"The development of constructive Russian-Japanese cooperation in various spheres undoubtedly meets the interests of our countries’ people," the telegram read.
The Russian President also expressed his interest in dialogue and working jointly with the Prime Minister on the pressing issues of the bilateral, regional and international agenda.
The 64-year-old Kishida, a soft-spoken centrist in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), easily won Monday's vote in the Japanese parliament approving him to lead the world's third largest economy.
He succeeds former prime minister Yoshihide Suga, who had announced he would not stand for the LDP leadership after just one year in office.
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