"What a great news. Democracy is still alive", Viktor Orban wrote.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Wednesday congratulated the people of the United States on the outcome of the presidential elections.
Earlier in the day, GOP nominee Donald Trump won the US presidential elections despite most of the analysts and opinion polls predicting his defeat to Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton.
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Spanish government congratulates Trump on being elected US President
Madrid congratulated Donald Trump on winning US presidency.
The Spanish government congratulated on Wednesday Donald Trump on being elected the next president of the United States, expressing its desire to strengthen transatlantic ties and friendship.
"The Government of Spanish expresses its sincere congratulations to Donald Trump in relation to his election as 45th president of the United States," the statement read.
According to the statement, the United States has always been a strategic ally of Spain.
"The aim of the Spanish government is the continuation of the process of strengthening transatlantic ties between Europe and the United States, as well as the deepening of friendship between your countries and peoples," the statement read.
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Japan to work with Trump to promote peace in Asia-Pacific
Japan will work with the next US President to promote peace and prosperity in both the Asia-Pacific region and the world, the outcome of the election will not affect high level of bilateral relations, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday.
The Republican candidate triumphed over his Democratic challenger, Hillary Clinton, in the November 8 presidential election. He gained 289 electoral votes, which is more than 270 needed to win. Clinton has reportedly called to concede her defeat.
"There is no change to the fact that the Japan-US alliance is the cornerstone of Japanese diplomacy, and Japan will cooperate closely with the United States for peace and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region and the world," Suga told reporters shortly before Donald Trump announced his victory as quoted by Kyodo news agency.
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South Korea hopes US keeps pressuring North Korea after Trump`s victory
South Korean President Park Geun-hye stated that he hopes Donald Trump will keep pressuring and sanctioning North Korea on the the North Korean nuclear problem.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye hopes the United States keeps pressuring North Korea after Republican candidate Donald Trump`s victory in the US presidential elections, the Yonhap news agency reported.
"I hope all efforts will made for the foundation of tough pressure and sanctions of the United States and the Republic of Korea against North Korea to remain firm for solution of the North Korean nuclear problem, even with the new US administration," Yonhap quoted the president as saying.
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Russia has been widely accused of backing Trump in the election, and in Moscow, Sergei Markov, a pro-Kremlin political analyst, was jubilant at the result. He said a Trump presidency would mean more chance that the US would agree with Russia in Syria, and less American backing for “the terrorist junta in Ukraine”.
He denied allegations of Russian interference in the election, but said “maybe we helped a bit with Wikileaks”, according to the Guardian’s Shaun Walker in Moscow.
Alexei Venediktov, the editor in chief of Russia’s liberal Echo of Moscow radio, said some in the Kremlin are probably celebrating now, but other “more serious” people will realize there are unpredictable times ahead.
“Putin doesn’t like unpredictability and Trump is the definition of unpredictability,” he said. “They celebrated Brexit, and then Boris Johnson became foreign secretary, and they thought, ‘Oh God, what is this?’”
Venediktov said in Syria and Ukraine, two key areas where Russia and the US are at loggerheads, there might be little difference between Trump and Clinton in the White House. “What will be really interesting is the Baltics. Will Trump remove troops from there?”
At a morning reception his residence in Moscow held as Trump edged ever closer to the White House, US ambassador to Russia John Tefft reminded visitors that diplomats are unable to give personal opinions on elections. He added: “Whether you’re happy or not, one of the key things here is to understand that our institutions in America will continue.”
Privately, however, many US diplomats in the country will be wondering whether a President Trump means a total reversal on Russia policy. Tefft’s predecessor in the role, Michael McFaul, wrote on Twitter: “Putin intervened in our elections and succeeded.”
Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi is the only Arab leader to have met with Donald Trump, who has also made no secret of his warmth towards Egypt’s ally Russia, reports Ruth Michaelson from Cairo.
Sisi also congratulated Trump on his victory Tuesday night.
Trump told Sisi during a meeting in New York in September that: “under a Trump Administration, the United States of America will be a loyal friend, not simply an ally, that Egypt can count on in the days and years ahead.”
Reached by phone on the cusp of Trump’s victory, spokesman for Egypt’s Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid said that Egypt is ready to work with Trump. “In general, I want to emphasize that Egypt has strategic relations with the United States that go beyond who is the president in the White House,” he said.
These relations serve for the benefit of both the Egyptian and American people. We have always stated that choosing the president of the United States is the choice of the American people, and Egypt respects this choice. We stand ready to work closely with the new President of the United states for the benefit of both countries and peoples.
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi has also congratulated Trump, according to Reuters.
And in China, speaking shortly before Trump’s victory was officially announced, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry said Beijing was looking forward to working with the new administration, according to the Guardian’s Tom Phillips.
“We will work with the new US president to ensure the steady and sound development of bilateral relations so as to benefit the people in both countries as well as around the world,” Lu Kang told reporters at a regular press briefing in the Chinese capital.
Lu said Beijing hoped to be able to build a “mutually beneficially” relationship with the US, pointing to the massive growth in trade between the two nations since the 1960s.
Lu said any future disputes over trade could be settled “in a responsible manner” and hinted at Chinese concerns over the possibility that Trump might introduce protectionist measures.
“I would like to say that China and US trade cooperation has benefited the US people rather than hurting their interests,” he said.
