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PARIS: World leaders voiced hopes for a reset with the United States on Wednesday after voters delivered a huge midterm election defeat to President Donald Trump and his Republican party. Germany German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said he hoped to see new initiatives to end the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. “With their majority in both chambers of Congress, the De­­m­­ocratic Party will likely seek to shift the political course in the United States,” Wadephul said. Through cooperation betwe­­en the United States and Eur­ope, “there may be a new oppo­r­­­t­­unity to launch a fresh initiative” to resolve conflicts, he said. Spain Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Trump’s defeat showed that the global far-right was on the wane. “It happened in Brazil. It just happened in the US. And it will soon happen in Spain,” the socialist leader said, with elections looming later this month. The far-right wave is “no longer growing, it is unravelling,” he added. Russia Russia hopes Trump will continue his “peacemaking efforts” after the midterm elections, the Kremlin said. “President Trump continues to exercise his powers. We sincerely hope that he will also continue his peacemaking effo­r­­ts,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. South Africa South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the result could thaw strained ties between Pretoria and Washington. “We’re hoping that on a bilateral basis, there will be a coming together of minds where we will find a proper path forward on geopolitics as well as on trade matters and investment matters,” he said. He added that he hoped the result would “introduce a new era in world relations”. EU The EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas voiced hope the new US Congress would support Ukraine and ramp up pressure on Russia. “I hope that the new Congress… will continue supporting Ukraine and also putting more pressure on Russia,” she said, adding that Europe and the United States “are much stronger together” in pushing Moscow to…

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