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OBAMA SCORES TRIUMPH

Politics

The November 4 decisive election for the Americans and the whole world ended with the glorious victory of the Democratic candidate.

Yerevan's “Congress” hotel was overcrowded today morning. The invitees of the US Embassy in Armenia had gathered at the hotel since 7:30 a.m.

Before the end of the vote, Republican candidate John McCain congratulated Obama on victory after seeing the great difference in votes. He also thanked all people voting for him. All Americans living and working in Armenian could follow the historic moment on live broadcast.

“Today marks the victory of the first African-American candidate Barack Obama. It is really very important as forty years ago Americans murdered Africans because of deeply-rooted race discrimination. Today we have the first African-American president to win the White House,” the first Secretary for the Political-Economic Department of the US Embassy, Daniel Hastings said to A1+.

In reply to our question whether Obama’s victory implies the end of the Iraqi war and whether the American troops will be withdrawn from the country, Hastings said:

“Barack pledged to withdraw the troops within a year and to concentrate more resources in Afghanistan. He also promised to reinforce ties with our European partners. I think it is very important who will be appointed the next foreign minister of the country.”

To note that in reply our remark that Republicans also lose elections, Armenian Republican MP Armen Ashotyan said: “I find Republicans’ defeat as normal. If we ruled Armenia the way they did in the USA during the last eight years, we would undoubtedly lose elections in Armenia.”