World leaders congratulate Donald Trump

World leaders reacted in a wide scale of approach to Trump's surprise triumph, being elected as the 45th US President on Wednesday.

Turkish PM

Turkey's prime minister has called on Donald Trump to extradite a U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen — blamed by Ankara for the failed coup in July — as soon as he is sworn in.

Binali Yildirim also said Wednesday that he hoped that the new leadership in the United States would take into consideration Turkey's "sensitivities concerning the fight against terrorism," give priority to policies that would bring peace and stability to the region and advance traditional friendship between the two countries.

Ties between the two allies have been strained over perceptions in Turkey that the United States is reluctant to arrest and extradite Gulen. Turkey's is also frustrated by Washington's backing to Syrian Kurdish militia that are fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and which Ankara considers to be a terrorist group.

Putin congratulates

President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has congratulated Trump, one of the swift reaction, after the 70-year old politicion declared hizs victory. According to Russian media report, Russian president hopes for joint work to improve US-Russian relations.

Russia, has been accused of backing Trump in the election and in Moscow, Sergei Markov, a pro-Kremlin political analyst said, a Trump presidency would mean more chance that the US would agree with Russia in Syria, and less American backing for “the terroristic junta in Ukraine”.

Denying the allegations of Russian interference in the election, but said “We may have helped a bit with Wikileaks” according to the Guardian’s Shaun Walker in Moscow.

"America will continue"

“Putin doesn’t like unpredictability and Trump is the definition of unpredictability,” Alexei Venediktov, the editor in chief of Russia’s liberal Echo of Moscow radio said. “What will be really interesting is the Baltics. Will Trump remove troops from there?” Venediktov asked.

US ambassador to Russia John Tefft said to visitors, that diplomats are unable to state personal opinions on elections. “Whether you’re happy or not, one of the key things here is to understand that our institutions in America will continue” he added.

EU - Federica Mogherini

The European Union's foreign policy chief says that the trans-Atlantic ties with the United States go beyond the election of Donald Trump.

Federica Mogherini said Wednesday in a Twitter message that "EU-US ties are deeper than any change in politics. We'll continue to work together, rediscovering the strength of Europe."

EU Parliament President Martin Schulz said the result "must be respected" as he said that Trump "managed to become the standard-bearer of the angst and fears of millions of Americans."

NATO - Jens Stoltenberg

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he's looking forward to working with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and that U.S. leadership is vital to the world's biggest military alliance.

Stoltenberg said Wednesday that "it is important that the Trans-Atlantic bond remains strong" and that "U.S. leadership is as important as ever."

Trump has criticized many allies for not paying their fair share of the NATO budget.

Stoltenberg said he looks forward to welcoming Trump at next Spring's NATO summit, to be held in the alliance's sprawling new premises in Brussels.

Germany - Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered President-elect Donald Trump "close cooperation" on the basis of shared trans-Atlantic values that she says include respect for human dignity regardless of people's origin, gender or religion.

Merkel told reporters in Berlin on Wednesday that the campaign which ended in Trump's victory featured "confrontations that were difficult to bear."

Merkel stressed Germany's close historical connection with the United States. She said: "Germany and America are connected by values: democracy, freedom, respect for the law and for the dignity of human beings, independently of origin, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or political views."

She added: "On the basis of these values, I am offering the future president of the United States of America, Donald Trump, close cooperation."

She said the partnership with the U.S. "is a foundation stone of German foreign policy."

UK -Theresa May

On the other hand, UK Prime Minister Theresa May has congratulated Trump on his victory, releasing the following statement:

" I would like to congratulate Donald Trump on being elected the next president of the United States, following a hard-fought campaign. Britain and the United States have an enduring and special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise. We are, and will remain, strong and close partners on trade, security and defence. I look forward to working with President-elect Donald Trump, building on these ties to ensure the security and prosperity of our nations in the years ahead."

Egypt - Al-Sisi

Egypt’s President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi also congratulated Trump on his victory Tuesday night. According to the reports of Ruth Michaelson from Cairo, Trump told Sisi during a meeting in New York in September, “Under a Trump Administration, the United States of America will be a loyal friend, not simply an ally, that Egypt can count on in the days and years ahead.”

“In general, I want to emphasize that Egypt has strategic relations with the United States that go beyond who is the president in the White House” said Egypt’s Foreign Ministry Ahmed Abu Zeid.

China

A spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry said Beijing was looking forward to working with the new administration,according to the Guardian’s Tom Phillips.

"We will work with the new US president to ensure the steady and sound development of bilateral relations so as to benefit the people in both countries as well as around the world" Lu Kang told reporters at a regular press briefing in the Chinese capital.

Protests

Also protests against Trump have broken out in cities across the US, including marches in Oakland, Los Angeles, Portland and New York City. At the University of California, Los Angeles, there are reports of hundreds of students gathering, in Oakland in northern California, protesters have started a small fire.

There are also reports of rallies and demonstrations in downtown Portland, in Davis, California and at Columbia university in New York.