More foreign leaders have extended congratulations to their Chinese counterparts on the success of China's first manned space flight.

Chinese President Hu Jintao has received congratulatory telegrams from President of Cuba's Council of State and Council of Ministers Fidel Castro, President George W. Bush of the United States, Costis Stephanopoulos of Greece, Janez Drnovsek of Slovenia, Mary Mcaleese of Ireland, Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, Mamadou Tandja of Niger, Amadou Toumany Toure of Mali, Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire, Ismail OarGuelleh of Djibouti, acting President Luis Hierro of Uruguay and Emir Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah of Kuwait.

Chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress Wu Bangguo has received congratulatory telegrams from Ranko Krivokapic, speaker of the Republic of Montenegro's Assembly of Serbia and Montenegro, and Armenian Parliament Speaker Arthur Bagdasaryan.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has received congratulatory telegrams from Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin of France, Adrian Nastase of Romania, Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine, Anton Rop of Slovenia and Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah of Kuwait.

Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong has received a congratulatory message from Ugandan Vice President Gilbert Bukenya.

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing has received congratulatory messages from his counterparts George Papandreou of Greece, Felipe Ramon Perez Roque of Cuba and Ali Seid Abdellah of Eritrea.

(Xinhua News Agency October 22, 2003)