Identifier
Created
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09PARIS78
2009-01-21 15:58:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
FRENCH PRESIDENT ISSUES CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL FR
SUBJECT: FRENCH PRESIDENT ISSUES CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA
UNCLAS PARIS 000078
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL FR
SUBJECT: FRENCH PRESIDENT ISSUES CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA
1. On January 20 at 18:19 CET (12:19 EST),the official
website of the President of the French Republic Nicolas
Sarkozy included a congratulatory letter to President Obama.
Embassy Paris provides the following unofficial translation.
2. Begin text.
Mister President,
With your election, the American people expressed with vigor
its faith in progress and the future, as well as its wish for
the open, new, strong and united AMERICA that you embody.
At the time you take office, please accept my best wishes,
both personally and on behalf of the French people, for
success in your mission at the head of the American nation.
I also want to assure you that France is determined to work
hard in hand with America, its friend and ally, so that we
can resolve together the immense challenges that confront our
world today.
Nicolas Sarkozy
End text.
PEKALA
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL FR
SUBJECT: FRENCH PRESIDENT ISSUES CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA
1. On January 20 at 18:19 CET (12:19 EST),the official
website of the President of the French Republic Nicolas
Sarkozy included a congratulatory letter to President Obama.
Embassy Paris provides the following unofficial translation.
2. Begin text.
Mister President,
With your election, the American people expressed with vigor
its faith in progress and the future, as well as its wish for
the open, new, strong and united AMERICA that you embody.
At the time you take office, please accept my best wishes,
both personally and on behalf of the French people, for
success in your mission at the head of the American nation.
I also want to assure you that France is determined to work
hard in hand with America, its friend and ally, so that we
can resolve together the immense challenges that confront our
world today.
Nicolas Sarkozy
End text.
PEKALA