The European Union (EU)'s top diplomat, Javier Solana, sent a message of congratulations Wednesday to U.S. president-elect Barack Obama on his victory in Tuesday's election.
"I want to congratulate Barack Obama on his impressive election victory," Solana, secretary-general of the EU Council, said in a statement.
"Elections are about political renewal," he said. "The campaign has been exciting and uplifting and the turnout impressive."
Solana said the sense of renewal "also applies to transatlantic relations. Europeans and Americans are keen to open a new chapter in their relations."
"President-elect Obama ran on a ticket of change. This is the most welcome since many things in the world today need changing. Let us do that together," said Solana.
"Europe is willing and able to help," he said, adding that Europe and the United States together need to address "a high number of very complex global problems: from the Middle-East to Iran and Afghanistan and Pakistan, from climate change to nonproliferation...with determination and creativity".
Solana lauded Obama as personifying today's complex and globalized world "where change is a constant."
"As we grapple with these problems, it is good to have someone who put change, empathy and good judgment at the heart of his campaign," he said. "I am looking forward to working with Obama and his administration."
U.S. Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama won a landslide victory in the presidential election Tuesday, which will make him the 44th president of the country. He will also be the first African-American in U.S. history to sit in the Oval Office.
Source: Xinhua
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