Washington In New Delhi, India on Wednesday congratulated Barack Obama on his re-election as US President and said it looked forward to boosting ties during his second four-year term. "The Government and people of India send their congratulations to President Obama on his winning a second mandate from people of the USA who have expressed their will in the great tradition of democracy in their country," the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were separately sending congratulatory messages to President Obama, it said. In Brussels, Barack Obama has shown "outstanding leadership" on NATO affairs, the chief of the military alliance said Wednesday, as he congratulated the US leader on his re-election as president. "President Obama has demonstrated outstanding leadership in maintaining this vital bond, and I look forward to continuing our close cooperation to ensure NATO remains effective in a fast-changing world," Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. For its part, the European Union on Wednesday congratulated President Barack Obama on his re-election and said it hoped for robust relations with the United States. "The US is a key strategic partner of the EU and we look forward to continuing the close cooperation, ... to further strengthening our bilateral ties and to jointly addressing global challenges, including in the fields of security and economy," EU President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said. --MORE 12:32 LOCAL TIME 09:32 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1046416