BANGLADESH: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF

UNCLAS DHAKA 001297 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR S/ES-CR AND S/ES-O E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT BG SUBJECT: BANGLADESH: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF POLITICAL PARTY JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI REF: SECSTATE 118192 ¶1. (U) Below is the text of a letter of congratulations to President-elect Obama from Motiur Rahman Nizami, head of the political party Jamaat-e-Islami. We will forward the original to SCA/PB. ¶2. (U) Begin text: H.E. Mr. Barack Obama President Elect The United States of America Excellency, I, on behalf of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and on my own behalf express heartiest congratulations and felicitations for your landslide victory and elected as the President of the United States of America in yesterday's Presidential Election. Your election has inspired the world community to establish democracy all over the world. Your slogan "Change-We need" has been accepted by Americans and the rest of the world also appreciated it for a qualitative change in your country and in the world. We hope under your able and dynamic leadership the United States of America will go ahead towards peace, prosperity, social, economic and political advancement and USA will be able to overcome all its burning problems like economic depression and restlessness. The oppressed and distressed humanity will regain their rights from all sorts of oppression, repression, aggression, intervention and peace will be established in the world. We hope during your tenure the Middle-East crisis will be resolved in a peaceful way. We wish you grand success, a happy and prosperous long life. Motiur Rahman Nizami /signed/ Ameer, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami & Former Minister Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh End Text. MORIARTY