CONGRATULATIONS MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA FROM

UNCLAS BELMOPAN 000471


DEPARTMENT FOR S/ES-CR,S/ES-O, WHA/CEN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OPDC PREL OVIP BH
SUBJECT: CONGRATULATIONS MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA FROM
BELIZE PRIME MINISTER BARROW

REF: STATE 118192


1. Per instructions reftel, below is the text of a congratulatory
message from Belize Prime Minister Dean Barrow to President-Elect
Barack Obama. Original will be forwarded to S/ES-CR by pouch.


2. Begin text:

5th November 2008

Dear Mr. President-Elect,

It gives me great pleasure to extend my warmest and most sincere
congratulations on your historic victory as President-Elect of the
United States of America.

I am confident that your tremendous skills, and the hope and promise
of change you bring, will enable you and your Government to lead the
United States of America with the trust and support of your
citizens.

I also look forward to the continued strengthening of bilateral
relations between our two countries.

Sincerely,

/s/

Hon. Dean O. Barrow
Prime Minister of Belize

(To) Mr. Barack H. Obama
President-Elect
United States of America

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