Leaders of more friendly parties and organizations from around the world have congratulated the Communist Party of China on the convening of its 17th National Congress.

 

These leaders, parties and organizations include:

 

Jorge Moragas, head of the International Department of the Spanish People's Party;

 

Jean-Pierre Chevenement, honorary president of the Republican and Citizen Movement of France;

 

Elio Di Rupo, president of the French-speaking Socialist Party of Belgium;

 

Heinz Stehr, chairman of the German Communist Party;

 

Nicos Anastasiades, president of the Democratic Rally party of Cyprus;

 

The National Committee of the Communist Party of the United States;

 

Jorge Castillo Quant, president of the Liberal Constitutionalist Party of Nicaragua, and Miguel Rosales Ortega, the party's political training secretary;

 

Ts. Elbegdorj, chairman of the Democratic Party of Mongolia;

 

S. Oyun, chairwoman of the Citizens Will Party of Mongolia;

 

The National New Party of Mongolia;

 

Rhee Sang-Woo, president of the New Asia Research Institute of the Republic of Korea;

 

Anwarul Amin, president of the Bangladesh-China People's Friendship Association, and S. A. Sikder, the association's secretary-general.

 

(Xinhua News Agency October 18, 2007)