Congratulations to Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi on his election as president of the Republic of Yemen 2012-02-26 12:00:00 Dmitry Medvedev sent a telegram of congratulations to Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi on his election as president of the Republic of Yemen. The President said, in particular, in his message: “We are happy to see that the Republic of Yemen is making progress towards restoring stability and security and carrying out a wide-ranging package of social and economic measures and democratic transformations on the basis of broad national dialogue and in accordance with the Yemeni people’s hopes and aspirations. I reaffirm our firm commitment to continue strengthening friendly bilateral relations and mutually advantageous cooperation between Russia and Yemen. Mr President, I wish you good health, wellbeing, and success on the road to democratic transformation, and I wish the Yemeni people peace and prosperity.”