Bronislaw Komorowski's victory in Polish presidential elections will lay the basis for the further thaw in Russian-Polish relations, a Russian lawmaker said on Monday.
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.
Mikhail Margelov, who heads the upper house's international relations committee, said Komorowski's victory in winning the elections was due to the votes of the youth and middle-aged Poles, those who are "directly interested in Poland's future."
The Russian senator also said that the crucial point of Komorowski's political agenda is a course towards European integration.
"And the new Polish president clearly realizes cooperation with Russia will contribute to fulfilling this pledge," Margelov said.
The lawmaker added Komorowski was not a "Russophobe" since he is a "modern European politician."
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)
