CONGRATULATIONS MESSAGE FROM LESOTHO PRIME MINISTER MOSISILI

UNCLAS MASERU 000327 DEPARTMENT FOR S/ES-CR, S/ES-O. AF/EX, AF/S E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OPDC PREL OVIP PGOV OPRC LT SUBJECT: CONGRATULATIONS MESSAGE FROM LESOTHO PRIME MINISTER MOSISILI TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA REF: STATE 118192 ¶1. Embassy Maseru received a congratulatory letter from the Kingdom of Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha B. Mosisili for President-elect Barack Obama the afternoon of November 6. 2008. ¶2. Text of the letter is as follows: Your Excellency, Today, Lesotho joins the entire world in congratulating Your Excellency and the people of the United States of America for Your victory in a peaceful election that symbolizes the maturity of American democracy. Your ground-breaking victory today brings to mind memories of the heroic struggle of the American people for equal rights and opportunity. It also renews the hope that Your great country will assume effective leadership in a world that, today, faces a myriad of socio-economic and political challenges. We are convinced, Your Excellency, that the existing cordial relations between the Kingdom of Lesotho and the United States of America will be further strengthened during Your tenure of office at the helm of that great country. As you begin Your work as the President-elect of the United States of America, we wish you God's divine guidance, protection and wisdom. Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurance of my highest esteem. End of typed message. Handwritten: With Deep Respect And Best Wishes Signed: Pakalitha B. Mosisili Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho NOLAN