After 4 tumultuous years of Donald Trump

World leaders welcome the transfer of power in the United States

NATO has confirmed that it looks forward to working with Biden.

EPA

Many world leaders welcomed the transfer of power in the United States yesterday to Democratic President Joe Biden, after four turbulent years of Donald Trump's reign.

Senior leaders of the European Union expressed their relief at the arrival of a friend of Europe to the White House.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that Europe “once again has a friend in the White House after four long years” of the Trump era.

She added that this time the inauguration ceremony on the thresholds of the Capitol "will be evidence of the solidity of American democracy."

For his part, European Council President Charles Michel said: “I want to formally address today, on the day Joe Biden takes office, a call for us to build together a new Constitutive Pact for a stronger Europe, for a stronger United States, and for a better world.”

Yesterday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani praised the end of the era of a "tyrant", referring to the last day of Trump's term, saying that "the ball is in the court" of President-elect Joe Biden regarding sanctions and the agreement on the nuclear program.

"Today is the end of another tyrant's era, and today is the last day of his bad rule," Rouhani said in a televised speech during the weekly cabinet meeting.

And in the speech, which came hours before Biden took office, he considered that the four years that Trump spent in power "only produced injustice and corruption and caused problems for his people and the world."

NATO confirmed that it looks forward to working with Biden to strengthen ties between Europe and Washington.

"We are looking forward to working with President Joe Biden to strengthen ties between the United States and Europe at a time when we are facing global challenges that no party can face alone," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in a tweet yesterday.

Yesterday, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed his "great satisfaction" with the transfer of power in the United States, stressing that this feeling is shared by "many people" in Germany.

"We are delighted that in the future the United States, as a key partner, will again be by our side in the future on many issues: in the common and united fight against the (Covid-19) epidemic, global protection of the climate, and on matters of security," the German president said in a video message.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was looking forward to "working closely" with Biden.

Johnson, who has faced criticism for his close relationship with Trump, has indicated several areas in which he hopes to cooperate with the new administration.

"In our battle against (Covid-19), through climate change, defense and security, and in promoting and defending democracy, our goals are one and our countries will work hand in hand to achieve them," he said in a statement.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called on Russia and the United States to mend the strained relations between them.

"The current state of relations between Russia and the United States raises great concern," he said in an interview with the official TASS news agency.

"But it also means that something must be done about it in order to restore normal relations," he added.

He said, "We cannot isolate ourselves from one another."

• Senior leaders of the European Union expressed their satisfaction with the arrival of a friend of Europe to the White House.

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