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Foreign State, Party Leaders Congratulate Hu on Election

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More leaders of friendly nations, political parties and organizations have sent congratulatory messages over the past few days to Hu Jintao on his election as the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

Greg Sword, national president of Australian Labor Party, said his party "is committed to promoting warm and cooperative relations with major parties in the region and to nurturing close and mutually beneficial ties with China."

"We look forward to working with you on these objectives to bring about a stable, economically prosperous, democratic and peaceful world," added Sword.

While expressing his "hearty congratulations and ardent good wishes to Hu, Alexander Zharikov, general secretary of World Federation of Trade Unions, said: "We wish you all success leadingthe Chinese people to fulfill the high objectives decided by the 16th Congress of the CPC, and build China as a socialist modernized country providing high living standards to all the people and further enhance China's great contribution to the building of international cooperation for peace, security, economic development, social progress for all countries and peoples the world over."

In his message, Levy Mwanawasa, president of the Republic of Zambia and of Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD), expressed confidence that under Hu's leadership, "the fraternal relations between the MMD and the CPC will further be strengthened."

Oscar Clarke, general secretary of Guyanese People's National Congress Reform, said his party "wishes to express the sentiment that the cordial relationship which has characterized our two parties and countries will be further strengthened in the period ahead." He said: "We wish the new leadership great success in speeding up the new and revolutionary changes, which are the hallmark of the struggle for modernization, now so evident in China today."

Sam Nujoma, president of the Republic of Namibia and the SWAPO Party, said: "We are confident that you will lead the Communist Party of China to further build China to greater heights and economic prosperity."

Shanel Stone, federal president of the Liberal Party of Australia, said: "The friendly relations between China and Australia are marked by a mutual respect for our respective systems of government. I am confident that under your leadership in China we will continue to grow and develop that relationship toour mutual benefit."

Cryspus Kiyonga, the Ugandan national political commissary and minister without portfolio, said in his message to the CPC CentralCommittee: "The National Congress of your Party, in which the taskto lead your party and the country has passed from the 3rd to the 4th generation of leaders of the Chinese revolution through a peaceful and democratic election at the Congress, is yet another eloquent testimony to the homegrown capacity the CPC has demonstrated over the years, not only to initiate far-reaching reforms in the economy and politics of China, but also to manage this change systematically and scientifically to ensure stability and prosperity of your nation without external pressure."

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