More foreign leaders have extended congratulations to their Chinese counterparts on the success of China's first manned space flight, hoping China to make more progress in the field of space technology.
Chinese President Hu Jintao has received congratulatory telegrams from President Iazuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of India, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, Chairman of Myanmar's State Peace and Development Council Than Shwe, King Gyanendra of Nepal, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Emomali Rakhmonov of Tajikistan, President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia, President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, President of the Swiss Confederation Pascal Couchepin, President Boris Trajkovski of Macedonia, President Maawiya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya of Mauritania, President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, President Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan of Suriname.
Chairman of the Chinese Central Military Commission Jiang Zeminhas received congratulatory telegrams from Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, Wu Bangguo, has received congratulatory telegrams from Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Sergei Mironov, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Gennady Seleznev, Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives Jose de Venecia and Speaker of Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro Dragoljub Micunovic.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has received congratulatory telegrams from Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of India, Goh Chok Tong of Singapore, Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh, Khin Nyunt of Myanmar and Silvio Berlusconi of Italy.
Chinese Vice-president Zeng Qinghong has received a congratulatory message from Vice-Chairman of Myanmar's State Peace and Development Council Maung Aye.
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing has received a congratulatory message from his Kyrgyz counterpart Askar Aytmatov.
(Xinhua News Agency October 17, 2003)
