White House congratulates Moon Jae-in on presidential election victory

백악관 “문재인 당선 축하…한미동맹 강화•협력 고대”
The White House has congratulated Moon Jae-in for his victory in the presidential election, and said that President Trump is looking forward to working with president-elect Moon.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer also said the U.S. was united with the people of South Korea in celebrating their peaceful and democratic transition of power.
Reuters quoted an unidentified U.S. official as saying that Moon's election win is not expected to alter the South Korea-U.S. alliance, despite his questioning of the deployment of a THAAD missile defense battery on the Korean peninsula.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent out a congratulatory message of his own.
Abe said South Korea was an important strategic partner, and expressed his wish to meet Moon as soon to exchange ideas on a number of issues.

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The US and Japan are very pleased by the result. This North-friendly president will unite North and the South praising the supreme leader Kim Jong Un.