WARM WELCOME: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said he looked forward to working with the US President-elect
US PRESIDENT-elect Donald Trump has received a warm welcome from African leaders following his shock victory in the US Presidential elections on Wednesday.
Among the first to congratulate Trump was Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari.
In a statement Buhari said he looked forward working with him on shared areas of cooperation.
“The President looks forward to working together with President-elect Trump to strengthen the already established friendly relations between both countries, including cooperation on many shared foreign policy priorities, such as the fight against terrorism, peace and security, economic growth, democracy and good governance,” he said.
There was also a warm welcome from Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud who said in a statement that his country would be a “willing partner” of the US and was ready to work with Washington in “safeguarding the peace, stability and prosperity of both Somalia and the wider Horn of Africa region”.
The president added: “We are grateful to the government and the people of the United States for the invaluable support they have given to Somalia”.
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said: “Elections in the U.S. are a matter for the people of that country. Our relationship with the U.S. will continue regardless of which leader or party is leading. I look forward to working with [Trump] as we have been working with the other leaders before him.”
Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza tweeted directly to Trump, writing: “Your Victory is the Victory of all Americans” while Kenyan leader Uhuru Kenyatta also congratulated Trump on his victory and said: “The ties that bind Kenya and the United States of America are close and strong. They are old, and based in the values that we hold dear: in democracy, in the rule of law and in the equality of peoples. These values remain dear to the peoples of both nations, and so our friendship will endure.”
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