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By Hasan Suroor
LONDON, NOV. 4. Even as disappointed Labour MPs openly expressed dismay over the prospects of another four years of Bush presidency, the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, struck a more pragmatic note and urged the international community, especially his European neighbours, to rebuild relations with the new Bush administration after the recent divisions over Iraq.
Alliance defended
Mr. Blair also defended his controversially close alliance with the U.S. President, George W. Bush, saying that it was in Britain's own "national interest'' to have a close bond with Washington. "I sought to do that first with President Clinton and then with President Bush and I look forward to continuing that strong relationship,'' he said in a statement he read out at Downing Street after he had spoken to Mr. Bush and congratulated him on his victory. He also spoke to John Kerry, the vanquished Democratic candidate, and complimented him for making the election a "true celebration of American democracy''. Mr. Blair said Mr. Bush's re-election had come at a time when the world was `fractured' and `divided' alluding to the rows over the U.S. policy over Iraq.
Pressing challenge
Mr. Blair identified the Israel-Palestinian conflict as the "single most pressing challenge of the present day'' and said the world community "should work with President Bush'' to remove the "conditions and causes on which the terrorists prey''. "In particular, Europe and America must build anew their alliance,'' he said.
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