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TOKYO – Messages of congratulations to US President-elect Joe Biden are pouring in from around the world after his victory in the US presidential election over President Donald Trump.
World leaders and government officials have expressed hopes of strengthening ties between the US and its countries under Biden, while analysts have indicated that prospects for a return to a more pleasant diplomacy were high after the departure of Trump and his often coercive foreign policy.
Japan
In a morning tweet, hours after the winner of the US presidential election was confirmed, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga congratulated Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
“I look forward to working with you to further strengthen the Japan-United States alliance and ensure peace, freedom and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond,” Suga said in English and Japanese.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi added that “he looks forward to working closely with the new administration to further promote Japan-US relations and overcome the challenges facing the world.”
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The philippines
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who privately endorsed Trump, said on Sunday (November 8) that he was “eager to work closely” with President-elect Joseph Biden.
“We look forward to working closely with the new administration of President-elect Biden, based on mutual respect, mutual benefit and a shared commitment to democracy, freedom and the rule of law,” said his spokesman, Harry Roque, in a text message. .
“The Philippines and the United States have long-standing bilateral relations, and we are committed to further enhancing relations with the United States under the Biden administration,” said Roque.
Duterte had said that he would personally prefer Trump to be elected to a second term, having disagreed with Democrats in Washington, who criticized his brutal war on drugs and his crackdown on civil liberties.
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Malaysia
Malaysia on Sunday (November 8) also congratulated Biden on his historic victory.
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the country has closely followed the electoral process in the United States well in advance.
“American voters have made a decisive decision to endorse Mr. Biden as the 46th President of the United States for his leadership and vision. As a fast-growing developing country, Malaysia attaches great importance to its relations with the United States,” he said in a release. .
Tan Sri Muhyiddin added that the Comprehensive Partnership between the United States and Malaysia continues to be an overarching framework for proactive, multifaceted, and mutually beneficial collaboration between the two nations.
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Indonesia
Dr. Dinna Prapto Raharja, an associate professor at Bina Nusantara University in Jakarta, hoped the United States would return to multilateral diplomatic forums to give renewed momentum to global initiatives like climate change.
This would push countries, including Indonesia, to meet their promised environmental commitments.
Under the Trump administration, the United States stopped participating in the 2015 Paris Agreement on mitigating climate change and was only willing to re-enter negotiations on terms deemed fair to the United States, its companies, and its people.
“On the international relations front, Biden differs from Trump in that the former focuses on the multilateral approach. Under Trump, the United States has avoided various forums of multilateral diplomacy. We hope this will be reversed,” said Dr. Dinna to The Straits Times.
In the nationally determined contributions pledged by Indonesia under the United Nations framework convention on climate change, the Southeast Asian nation has reaffirmed its commitment to reduce emissions by 29% independently, or 41 % with international assistance, by 2030.
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