Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi extended his congratulations to US presidential election winner Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris.
"I look forward to working with you on strengthening the strategic ties that bind Iraq and the United States, building on common values between our nations to overcome challenges together," al-Kadhimi wrote in a Tweet on late Saturday.
A centrist who promises to bring calm to Washington after four turbulent years under President Donald Trump, Biden is the oldest man to win the presidency -- a position he twice sought unsuccessfully during his long political career, before being elected vice president to Barack Obama in 2008.
Overall turnout on Tuesday broke records with some 160 million people pouring out across the United States after a deeply polarizing campaign complicated by the resurgent Covid-19 pandemic.
