Maliki congratulates Obama for being re-elected

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Premier, Nouri al-Maliki, expressed Iraq‘s desire to develop its relations with the United States in all fields.

Maliki sent a congratulatory message to the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, on winning a second term in the US Presidential elections.

In his message, “Maliki expressed his hope that this occasion will enhance the moderation in settling the international problems and determination in confronting the terrorism to sustain stability in the world.”

With only Florida’s 29 electoral votes still undecided, Obama won 303 electoral votes to Romney’s 206.

In his speech in Chicago after his re-election Tuesday night, Obama addressed Romney saying “We may have battled fiercely, but it’s only because we love this country deeply and we care so strongly about its future.”