Rabat, Morocco  - Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Wednesday congratulated US president-elect Barack Obama, praising his "high human qualities" and political capacity.

Moroccans shared with their US friends faith in Obama's values of "unity, freedom, equality, social justice, sense of duty and political realism," the king said in his message to the new US president.

Morocco wanted to work with Obama to consolidate its "privileged partnership" with the United States, Mohammed VI stressed.

The north African kingdom is known as one of the staunchest Western allies in the Arab world. (dpa)