President calls for 'constructive dialogue' with next UN chief Guterres
Guterres, who also served as UN refugee chief, begins his five-year term as UN secretary-general on January 1.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) shakes hands with UN Secretary-General designate Antonio Guterres during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, on November 24, 2016
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Putin said that Russia "has always supported and supports strengthening (the UN's) leading role in international affairs, in conflict-resolution, in the struggle for human rights", according to a Kremlin statement.
Putin added that he hoped he would have the "same constructive dialogue" as with his predecessor Ban Ki-moon.
Guterres, former prime minister of Portugal, meanwhile said he recognised Russia's "decisive role not only in the framework of the United Nations but in all other aspects of international relations".
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"The fundamental conditions for me to be useful to the international community rest in my having constructive relations with a country like the Russian Federation," the statement quoted Guterres as saying.
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