President Hu Jintao on Tuesday congratulated Choummaly Sayasone
on his election as the new secretary general of the Lao People's
Revolutionary Party (LPRP).
In his message, Hu praised the great social and economic
progress Laos had made since the previous congress of the LPRP in
2001.
Hu expressed a firm belief that the Lao people would make
further achievements in their great cause of socialist construction
and reform under the LPRP's leadership.
Hu said he was confident that the all-around cooperation between
the two countries and between the Communist Party of China and the
Lao People's Revolutionary Party would make consistent headway.
(Xinhua News Agency March 22, 2006)