World Reaction To 2012 Election
Barack Obama's Re-Election Elicits Strong Feelings Around The Globe
The Associated Press - Posted: 11/07/2012
President Barack Obama's re-election in the United States
elicited strong feelings — from optimism to skepticism — around the
world. A sampling of global reaction:
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"One of the first things I want to talk to Barack about
is how we must do more to try and solve this crisis (in Syria). Above
all, congratulations to Barack. I've enjoyed working with him, I think
he's a very successful U.S. president and I look forward to working with
him in the future."
— British Prime Minister David Cameron
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"Your re-election is a clear choice in favor of an
America that is open, unified, completely engaged in the international
scene and conscious of the challenges facing our planet: peace, the
economy and the environment."
— French President Francois Hollande.
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"When you were elected in 2008, you inspired the world
with a call to take responsibility for the problems we face as global
citizens. Since then, you have made earnest efforts to live up to that
great hope and trust placed in you by the American public. I believe you
have been re-elected now in recognition of that effort."
— the Dalai
Lama.
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"The bond between Europe and North America, based upon
the shared values on which our alliance was founded over 60 years ago,
remains as strong, and as important to the preservation of Euro-Atlantic
peace and security, as ever. President Obama has demonstrated
outstanding leadership in maintaining this vital bond."
— NATO Secretary
General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
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"I will continue to work with President Obama to
preserve the strategic interests of Israel's citizens."
— Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has had a strained relationship with
the American president over Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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"During the last four years when Obama was U.S.
president, no breakthrough happened in relations between Iran and the
US. At the beginning of his first term the situation was a bit better,
but as he went on the relations got much worse, with the sanctions being
imposed. So I think the outcome of the elections that was just held
will not make any difference for Iran."
— Amir Karimi, a resident of the
Iranian capital, Tehran.
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"As a mother and as a grandmother who raises boy
children, I think that the symbolism of having a black man occupy the
highest office is something that can make my children very aspirational
to know that this is possible, you know, in their lifetime"
— Zindzi
Mandela, daughter of former South African President Nelson Mandela.
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