President David Granger on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump on winning the presidential elections in the United States.

During a brief interview with reporters at State House, Main Street, the Guyanese Head of State said on behalf of the Government of Guyana, “I would like to extend congratulations to the incoming President Donald Trump and we will continue our cordial relations with the United States of America.”

The President emphasized that the outcome of the US elections was a democratic one and as such Guyana will respect the American democracy.

“This is a matter for the American people. America is a democratic country and the elections were conducted in a transparent manner. I think there is no country in the world that is not aware of what was happening over the last six months, so even if some Guyanese had to vote, they were fully aware of the programme of the two major candidates.”

According to the Guyanese leader, he already met with officials of the Department of State and Guyana does not expect that there will be any significant alteration in the relations with the US particularly with the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative.

“So as you know the more things change the more they remain the same and we look forward to working with the new Trump Administration because we are concerned with the security of the hemisphere and we are confident that they are the Americans concern that the security of the hemisphere will not diminish,” President Granger explained.

Trump, who has no previous political or military experience, sent conciliatory signals after his upset of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, pledging to seek common ground, not conflict, with the United States’ allies. Several authoritarian and right-wing leaders commended the billionaire businessman and reality TV star who against the odds won the leadership of the world’s most powerful country.