Many foreign leaders have sent telegrams congratulating the Chinese leaders newly elected during the First Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) of China and the First Session of the 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
The following are those sending congratulatory telegrams to Hu Jintao, who was elected as president of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
--Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK);
--Norodom Sihanouk, king of the Kingdom of Cambodia;
--Johnannes Rau, president of the Federal Republic of Germany;
--Akihito, emperor of Japan;
--Gyanendra, king of the Kingdom of Nepal;
--Pervez Musharraf, president of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan;
--Yasser Arafat, president of the State of Palestine;
--Nathan, president of the Republic of Singapore;
--Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK;
--Crown Prince Frederik, acting head of state of the Kingdom of Denmark
--Gerhard Schroeder, chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany;
--Junichiro Koizumi, prime minister of Japan;
--Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan;
--Goh Chok Tong, prime minister of the Republic of Singapore;
--Lee Kuan Yew, senior minister in prime minister's office of the Republic of Singapore;
The following are those sending congratulatory telegrams to Jiang Zemin, who was re-elected as chairman of the PRC Central Military Commission.
--Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK);
--Nathan, president of the Republic of Singapore;
--Junichiro Koizumi, prime minister of Japan;
--Goh Chok Tong, prime minister of the Republic of Singapore;
--Lee Kuan Yew, senior minister in prime minister's office of the Republic of Singapore;
The following are those sending congratulatory telegrams to Wu Bangguo, who was elected as chairman of the 10th NPC Standing Committee, China's top legislature.
--Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK;
--Junichiro Koizumi, prime minister of Japan;
--Chaudhry Amir Hussain, speaker of the National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan;
--Abdullah Tarmugl, speaker of the parliament of the Republic of Singapore;
The following are those sending congratulatory telegrams to Jia Qinglin, who was elected as chairman of the 10th National Committee of the CPPCC.
--Sisavath Keobounphanh, chairman of the Lao Front for National Reconstruction;
--Kandy Nehova, chairman of the National Council of the Republic of Namibia;
--Janez Sushnik, chairman of the National Council of Slovenia.
The following are those sending congratulatory telegrams to Zeng Qinghong, who was elected as vice-president of the PRC.
--Pervez Musharraf, president of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan;
--Junichiro Koizumi, prime minister of Japan;
--Goh Chok Tong, prime minister of the Republic of Singapore;
--Yang Hyong Sop, vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK;
--Kim Yong Dae, vice president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK.
(Xinhua News Agency March 16, 2003)
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