Leaders of more friendly parties and organizations from around the world have congratulated the Communist Party of China on the convening of its 17th National Congress.

These leaders, parties and organizations include:

Wojciech Olejniczak, chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance and deputy speaker of the House of Representatives of Poland;

Jozef Lachut, president of the Communist Party of Poland;

Teodor Melescanu, vice president of the National Liberal Party of Romania;

Kapolyi Laszlo, president of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party;

Pashupati Rana, chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party of Nepal;

Gholam Hossein Karbaschi, general secretary of the Executives of Construction Party of Iran;

Dogu Perincek, chairman of the Workers' Party of Turkey;

Marimantia Diarra, general secretary of the African Party for Solidarity and Justice of Mali;

Mohamed Ould Maouloud, president of the Union of Progress Forces of Mauritania;

Moana Kalosil Carcasses, president of the Vanuatu Greens Confederation;

Renan Raefo Munoz, general secretary of the Communist Party of Peru and the party's International Secretary Manuel Castillo Cabrera;

Candidate to President of the Colorado Party of Paraguay Juan Bautista Ybanez, and candidate to Vice President of the party Abogado Argana;

Winston Dookeran, political leader of the Congress of the People of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago;

Jeronimo Carrera, president of the Communist Party of Venezuelaand the party's General Secretary Oscar Figuera;

Osvaldo Ronqui, member of the National Executive Committee of the Movement of Popular Participation of Uruguay;

Yohei Kouno, speaker of the Japanese Diet's House of Representatives, head of the Japanese Conveners of Japan-China Symposium on Asian Situation and Peace.

(Xinhua News Agency October 20, 2007)