Ankara, Nov 5, SPA -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan onWednesday congratulated president-elect Barrack Obama and said thathe hoped the next president of the United States will do more forinternational peace, reported dpa. Speaking in Ankara, Erdogan said the United States had a "heavyburden to carry" and that he hoped Obama would do more to bring peaceto the Middle East. He said that the election put an end todiscussions that there was a black-white divide in US politics,noting that many white people voted for Obama. Erdogan said Obama the United States and Turkey would continue tobe strong strategic allies and that he hopes to meet thepresident-elect when he visits the United States later this month.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/604698