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5. 11. 2008 11:09

5 November 2008: Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the result of the American presidential elections

Statement by the Minister for Foreign Affairs on the result of the American presidential elections

We congratulate the new President Barack Obama; it is an interesting change for the United States and the surrounding world. Despite all the pessimistic remarks, the people of the USA have shown that colour has no role to play, and as such they have definitively dispersed the shadows of the past and silenced those who would foist on them racial prejudice. Barack Obama now faces formidable tasks, and I place my hopes in his youthful energy. Karel Schwarzenberg

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