Russian President Dmitry Medvedev congratulated Bronislaw Komorowski on becoming president and the Polish people on holding successful elections.
The phone conversation between the Russian president and his new Polish counterpart was held on Monday.
"Komorowski warmly thanked [Medvedev] for the good words and congratulations. Both parties emphasized their readiness to make any possible efforts to deal with the difficulties that previously existed in bilateral ties and develop partnership relations," a statement issued by the Kremlin's press service said.
Komorowski, a pro-EU, moderate member of the governing Civic Platform party, received more than 52% of the vote after 95% of ballots cast in Sunday's presidential polls in Poland were counted on Monday. His opponent, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who leads the conservative Law and Justice party, is some 5% behind.
Poland held the first round of early elections on June 20 and Komorowski narrowly took first place with 41.54%. The polls were forced by President Lech Kaczynski's death in an air crash in western Russia in April.
MOSCOW, July 5 (RIA Novosti)
