US Department of State building in Washington DC. File photoWASHINGTON, April 25 The United States congratulates Emmanuel Macron on his re-election as President of France and looks forward to further cooperation between the two countries, including in providing support to Ukraine, a State Department spokesman told RIA Novosti. «We congratulate the President Macron with re-election. We look forward to continuing close cooperation on the common priorities and values that hold our long and strong alliance together, including joint efforts to support the people of Ukraine in confronting Russian aggression,» the source said. France hosted the second round of presidential elections on Sunday elections. According to the local Ministry of Internal Affairs, according to the results of the calculation of 80%, Macron is gaining 54.81%, his rival, the leader of the far-right National Rally party Marine Le Pen — 45.19%. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass.
