Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday sent a letter to the President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, congratulating him on his victory in the recent presidential elections.

President Erdoan expressed his wishes that the election results would "bring good to the people of the United States, friendly and ally," according to a statement by the Turkish Presidency's Communication Department.

Speaking to Biden, Erdogan said, "As we discussed during your tenure as vice president on several occasions, the Turkish-American relations bear a strategic nature based on deep-rooted foundations."

He added that the global and regional challenges facing us today make it imperative that we strive to continue developing and strengthening our relations based on common interests and values.

Erdogan went on to emphasize the need to work closely with the US administration in this context during the coming period, expressing his confidence that the strong ties of cooperation and alliance between the two countries will continue to make crucial contributions to world peace in the future, as they are until today.

On the other hand, Erdogan thanked US President Donald Trump for his "sincere efforts to develop Turkish-American relations on the basis of common interests and values."

During his message, he stressed the development of historical friendship and alliance between the two countries, saying, "We will make efforts in this regard in the coming period."

Johnson, Merkel and Macron

For his part, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson telephoned Biden, making him one of the first political leaders to make a phone call with the US president-elect, and confirmed during the call that he was looking forward to "strengthening the partnership" between the two countries.

On Tuesday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a phone call with the US president-elect, during which she congratulated him on his victory in the presidential elections, and expressed her wishes for close cooperation and full of confidence with Washington.

The German Chancellor affirmed that her country would stand "side by side" with the United States in facing "global problems" such as global warming and the "Covid-19" epidemic.

Merkel - whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union Council until the end of the year - said in a statement to the press that "the Germans and Europeans know that we have to assume greater responsibilities in this partnership" with the United States.

In a related context, the French presidency announced that President Emmanuel Macron will speak for the first time today to Joe Biden, the winner of the presidential elections in the United States.

Like most European leaders, Macron congratulated the US President-elect on Saturday after the major US media announced his victory over Donald Trump, and called on him to move "together" with the aim of "facing the current challenges."