Lideri Balkana, među kojima hrvatski predsjednik Stipe Mesić, te premijeri Bugarske i Makedonije Sergey Stanishev i Nikola Gruevski, također su čestitali Obami i poželjeli mu uspjeh.
Balkan leaders, including Croatian President Stipe Mesic and the prime ministers of Bulgaria and Macedonia, Sergey Stanishev and Nikola Gruevski, also congratulated Obama and wished him success.