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UN chief congratulates Trump, offers to work ‘constructively’
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has congratulated Donald Trump, a critic of the world organisation’s work, on his re-election as President of the United States and said the UN was ready to “work constructively” with his administration.
“I reaffirm my belief that the cooperation between the United States and the United Nations is an essential pillar of international relations”, he said in his message.
“The United Nations stands ready to work constructively with the incoming administration to address the dramatic challenges our world is facing”, he said.
He added, “I commend the people of the United States of America for their active participation in the democratic process”.
Trump, a sceptic of both multilateralism and climate change, pulled the US out of the Paris Climate Accord reached under the auspices of the UN, and the UNESCO.
Guterres’ Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric downplayed the differences of opinion between the Secretary-General and Trump and said that they “had very good relations”.
“The fact that they had different opinions about a number of issues was clear to all. I think the Secretary-General stated his opinions. The US Administration (of Trump) had its policies. It did not stop the Secretary-General from engaging with the United States government, just as all of the previous Secretary-Generals have”, Dujarric said.
