0 Congratulations to Obama

World leaders congratulate busy to re-election of President Barack Obama, with generally expect closer cooperation with the United States in dealing with the global economic slowdown and maintain security throughout the world.

Congratulations flooded in from around the world, including from fellow members of the UN Security Council; Britain, China, France and Russia, as well as a staunch ally of Israel in the Middle East and the countries that became Obama's ancestral homeland, Kenya.

Instead, the Taliban welcomed Obama's victory by attacking U.S. military policy in Afghanistan, while Iran's reaction was lukewarm.

Meanwhile, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called Obama "a wolf in sheep's clothing" and leaders of key U.S. vote will still attack the website that has made Washington outraged that the documents expose U.S. government secrets.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, who sometimes have a cool relationship with Washington, congratulated Obama on his victory against Republican challengers Mitt Romney who attacked Moscow during the U.S. presidential campaign.

"We expect a positive start which tightened the Russian-US relations in the theater world will develop in the interests of security and stability," the Russian news agency quoted President Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov said.

Chinese President Hu Jintao, who this week he also received a mandate from the Congress of Communist Party rule, underlines the "positive progress" in China-US relations in the past four years, although the two countries clashed in a number of trade issues and territorial issues involving U.S. allies .

"China will look to the future and make continuous efforts for the advancement of new and bigger in building a cooperative partnership between China and the U.S.," said a spokesman for China's foreign ministry.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai also congratulated Obama and hoped his victory would usher in a relationship "further" in spite of the reaction on the streets of the war-torn country was seen opposite where the Taliban say Obama must immediately withdraw its troops from the country, earlier than scheduled.

"Obama began now to know that they are losing the war in Afghanistan," the Taliban spokesman said.

Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari said he was confident relations with the U.S. will continue to prosperity.

Pakistan is a key U.S. ally in the war on terrorism, but relations between the two countries in the last two years devious especially after the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. air strikes in Pakistan and wrong.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who is often strained relationship with Obama also welcomed Obama's victory.

"I will continue to work with President Obama to ensure the vital security interests of Israel and the United States," said Netanyahu, who during the campaign actually supports Romney.

In the Middle East, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas urged the U.S. leader to pave the way of peace, while Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat electability again hoping Obama would mean the creation Palestinas country in the next four years.

Direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians themselves had been going on since September 2010.

Iran, which faces Western pressure regarding the nuclear issue, especially from the U.S. and Israel nemesis, said Obama's victory will not lead to the normalization of relations, but said the possibility to negotiate "is not a taboo".

"Relations with the United States is not easy, especially after all the pressure and the U.S. crimes against the Iranian people," the Fars news agency quoted Iranian judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani.

In Europe, British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was awaiting the return collaboration with the "friend" Obama in a number of fronts, including helping the world economy and finding solutions to the wider conflict Syria.

"There are so many things we need to do: We need to encourage more of the world economy and I would like to see an agreement EU-US trade," said Cameron.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for Obama to move quickly in ending the war on Syria and turn the Middle East peace process, while German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed her continued waiting until the relationship between the two countries to work together memperjuangakn foreign policy and economic challenges that the two countries encounter, as friends and allies.

Message Merkel is in line with European Union President Herman Van Rompuy, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and French President Francois Hollande.

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff also expressed his congratulations.

Dalai Lama to write a letter to Obama saying that the President should work hard in bringing great hope and trust of the American people. "

Through its ambassador in Washington, Pope Benedict XVI said he hoped the Lord would lead Obama in fulfilling "very serious responsibility to his country and to the international community".

South African President Jacob Zuma urged the U.S. to continue playing a positive role in Africa, while the Nelson Mandela Foundation said the United States is a vital partner in the continent's efforts to tackle poverty and inequality.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi also welcomed this victory, saying he hoped the victory was to strengthen the friendship between the two countries rope.

However, African Union leaders called on Thomas Boni Yayi Obama to "show more commitment in the resolution of crisis and other threats that undermine African countries".

In Muslim-majority Malaysia, Prime Minister Najib Razak urged Obama to continue efforts kesalingpemahaman and respect between the U.S. and the Islamic world.

Turkish President Abdullah Gul and U.S. states Turkish ties strengthened during the Obama administration.


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