UN chief Ban Ki-moon has welcomed US President-elect Donald Trump‘s call for unity following the bitter and divisive presidential campaign.
The Secretary-General UN chief spoke over the phone with Trump yesterday afternoon, congratulating him on his election as the 45th President of the US.
“The Secretary-General welcomed President-elect Trump’s calls for unity following a hard-fought election,” according to a readout of Ban’s telephone conversation with Trump provided by his office.
The Secretary-General expressed confidence that the US and the United Nations would maintain their traditional strong ties of cooperation to advance peace and security, sustainable development and human rights throughout the world.
The two leaders agreed to stay in continued contact, the readout said.
Ban s tenure as the world s top diplomat will end this December, before Trump assumes his new role as America s commander-in-chief on January 20.
Trump s victory has triggered large-scale protests across the country, with hundreds of thousands of people taking to the streets from New York to California declaring Trump “is not my President.”
