CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM DOMINICA'S

UNCLAS BRIDGETOWN 000068 DEPARTMENT FOR S/ES-CR AND S/ES-O DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CAR JONATHAN MITCHELL E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OPDC PREL PGOV XL SUBJECT: CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM DOMINICA'S PRESIDENT THE HONORABLE NICHOLAS J. O. LIVERPOOL ¶1. Embassy Bridgetown received Diplomatic Note No. 211/01-224 from Dominica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which included a letter from President Nicholas Liverpool containing a congratulatory message for President Barack Obama. The complete text of the letter follows in paragraph 2. When the original letter is received, post will forward the letter via State Department pouch to the attention of S/ES-CR. ¶2. Begin text: 23 January 2009 Mr. President: Please accept my sincere congratulations on your election to the Presidency of the United States of America. The people of the Commonwealth of Dominica look forward to deepening the existing friendship and to even closer co-operation between our two nations in the years ahead. The people of the commonwealth of Dominica join me in wishing you and your administration every success in the future. Please accept, Mr. President, the assurances of my highest esteem. Nicholas J.O. Liverpool President The President The White House Washington DC 20500 United States of America End Text. HARDT