国际英语新闻：Obama calls leaders of Mexico, Turkey following WikiLeaks revelations

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday called respectively Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to underscore bilateral relations following the embarrassing revelations by the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks.

Obama congratulated Calderon for his leadership and Mexico's " excellent work chairing the Cancun conference to a successful conclusion" that builds on the historic Copenhagen Accord and advances the effort to address the challenge of climate change, the White House said in a statement.

Obama underscored the importance of the U.S.-Mexico partnership across a broad range of issues and reaffirmed their shared commitment to work together against transnational criminal organizations, enhance border cooperation and improve the economic well being of people in both countries.

"The presidents discussed the deplorable actions by WikiLeaks and agreed its irresponsible acts should not distract our two countries from our important cooperation," the White House said.

With Erdogan, Obama discussed the "enduring importance" of the U.S.-Turkish partnership and affirmed their commitment to work together on a broad range of issues.

"The president expressed his regrets for the deplorable action by WikiLeaks and the two leaders agreed that it will not influence or disrupt the close cooperation between the United States and Turkey," the White House said.

Both Mexico and Turkey had expressed anger over what were said about them in the classified U.S. diplomatic cables released since Nov. 28 by the WikiLeaks.