MOSCOW, May 10. /TASS/. Acting Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin thanked State Duma lawmakers for approving his candidacy for the prime minister’s office.

"I would like to thank you for approving my candidacy," he said during the Duma meeting.

Mishustin pointed out the society’s consolidation "around the head of state and his development course."

"Despite our different views on many issues, today you have supported the president’s decision, first and foremost," he told lawmakers.