Viktor Yanukovych, who has won the presidential election in Ukraine, has invited Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to attend his inauguration.

Yanukovych said this in a phone conversation with the Turkish premier in response to the latter's congratulations on the former's success achieved in the presidential election, the Regions Party's press service reported on Wednesday.

Yanukovych said that Ukrainian-Turkish relations would develop successfully in the future.

"The development of Ukrainian-Turkish relations will be among my priority tasks once I assume the presidency," he said.

By QHA