Readout of Obama's Calls with World Leaders

From the White House: Since Tuesday evening, the President has been receiving messages from his counterparts around the world congratulating him on winning re-election to a second term in office. The President appreciates all of these messages and looks forward to continuing to work with all of his fellow leaders to address the serious challenges we face together in the world.

This morning the President was able to return some of these messages personally, by phone. In each call, he thanked his counterpart for their friendship and partnership thus far and expressed his desire to continue close cooperation moving ahead.

 The President spoke with:

Prime Minister Julia Gillard of Australia

President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil

Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada

President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia

President Mohammed Morsi of Egypt

President Francois Hollande of France

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz of Saudi Arabia

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey

Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom