Tehran  - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday congratulated Asif Ali Zardari on being elected president of Pakistan.

In a statement carried by official news agency IRNA Ahmadinejad said he hoped that under Zaradri's presidency, Tehran-Islamabad relations would further expand.

Zardari, the widower of assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, was elected president of Pakistan Saturday by the country's parliament. (dpa)