More countries, parties, organizations and their leaders from around the world have congratulated the Communist Party of China (CPC) on its ongoing 17th National Congress.

Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir, president of the Republic of Sudan and chairman of the Sudanese National Congress, said in his congratulatory message that China has made strides toward an all-round national rejuvenation following the policy of reform, opening-up and social development.

He spoke highly of the enormous efforts China and the CPC have made to support Sudan in realizing peace, stability and all-round development, and said he is willing to further enhance cooperation between his party and the CPC.

Nafie Ali Nafie, vice chairman of the Sudanese National Congress and assistant of the president, and Kamal Mohamed Obeid, secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Sudanese National Congress, have also sent congratulatory messages.

Jose de Venecia, speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives and leader of the LAKAS-Christian Muslim Democratic Party, expressed warm congratulations to the CPC on its17th National Congress, and wished the congress a complete success.

In his message, Venecia said the CPC has led the great Chinese people along the path of modernization, China's economy has become an engine of the global economy, and China's political influence a force for international stability.

Abdullah al-Ahmar, deputy general secretary of the Al-Baath Arab Socialist Party of Syria, said in his message that on behalf of the party leadership and in his own name, he sincerely wished the CPC's 17th National Congress a success and could reach its goal of formulating guiding principles and policies for consolidating its reform and opening-up.

These principles and policies, the message said, will embody China's influence on the world and its constructive role, on the basis of mutual respect and non-interference in each other's internal affairs, in the process of realizing justice, peace and cooperation, in getting rid of power politics, opposing aggression and hegemonic policies, and in settling international disputes peacefully through the United Nations as well as establishing a multi-polar world, in the process of achieving human progress.

The message said the Al-Baath Arab Socialist Party is very pleased with the development of the friendly relationship of cooperation between the two parties and the two peoples. This relationship is conducive to the building of a secure, peaceful, stable and prosperous world, on the basis of justice, equality, the elimination of discrimination, the realization of democracy among countries, respect for the sovereignty of other countries and their own roads of development, and non-interference in other countries' internal affairs, it said.

Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, president of the Party of European Socialists, said the CPC's 17th National Congress was convened at a very important moment in China's development, and that the congress is not only of great importance to the Chinese people, but will also have an impact on the whole world. He hoped the CPC could realize China's modernization successfully, gain better economic development, and obtain more social equality and justice.

Rasmussen said it conforms to the common interests of both China and Europe to continue the development of the fruitful Sino-European relations, and he wished the CPC's 17th National Congress a success.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former French prime minister and first vice-president of the Union for a Popular Movement of France, affirmed the union's support for French-Chinese friendly policies, saying that France, from General Charles de Gaulle in 1964 to the current French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is always a faithful partner of China's peaceful development.

(Xinhua News Agency October 19, 2007)