World leaders congratulate Xi

World leaders and international organization chiefs continued to extend congratulations to Xi Jinping on his election as president of the People’s Republic of China.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that Xi’s election shows that the Chinese people have full confidence in his leadership, and it has an important impact on the international community.

South Africa is willing to continue to strengthen cooperation with China on the basis of traditional friendship and comradely relations, and work together to facilitate regional and multilateral cooperation, he said.

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier sincerely wished Xi every success in the important position. He expressed confidence in the future development of Germany-China relations and hoped that as the COVID situation improves, extensive peopleto-people and cultural exchanges between the two countries can be fully restarted and deepened.

President of the Republic of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso said the fruitful results of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between his country and China are encouraging.

The president said he is ready to work together with Xi to strengthen the bilateral cooperative relations for the benefit of the people of both countries.

President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi said Xi leads China to forge ahead toward the grand goal of Chinese modernization under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.

Xi’s unanimous election attests to the absolute trust of the Chinese people in his excellent leadership, Masisi said.

Surinamese President Chandrikapersad

Santokhi said that his country has always been committed to deepening Suriname-China relations and friendship, abiding by the one-China principle, supporting China-proposed important initiatives, and appreciating China’s constructive role in safeguarding multilateralism, promoting global development and building a community with a shared future for mankind.

Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos said the Philippines values its relations with China and looks forward to strengthening bilateral ties in the future, so as to achieve mutual benefit, regional peace, stability and prosperity.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said both Israel and China are ancient civilizations and share robust relations, adding that his country is committed to deepening Israel-China partnership.

Governor-General of Australia David Hurley said maintaining stable development of relations between Australia and China will benefit both countries and promote regional and global peace and security.

He looks forward to working with Xi to continue developing the

Australia-China comprehensive strategic partnership.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chano-cha said the Global Development Initiative and the Global Security Initiative that Xi put forward bring hope for building a more peaceful, stable, and prosperous world.

Expressing his sincere congratulations on Xi’s election as Chinese president, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he is willing to maintain in-depth exchanges with Xi to further develop constructive cooperation and to deepen the open and pragmatic partnership for comprehensive cooperation between the two countries.

Noting that Xi, as the helmsman of 1.4 billion Chinese people, shoulders immense responsibility, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that Xi’s philosophy of governance has enlightened many.

He said he firmly believes that under Xi’s leadership, China will achieve the goal of building a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful.

Other leaders who have sent congratulatory messages to Xi included:

Maltese President George Vella,

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,

King Harald V of Norway, Those also sending congratulatory messages to Xi include: Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar,

Moldovan President Maia Sandu, Governor-General of Jamaica Patrick Allen,

President Jose Ramos-Horta of Timor-Leste,

South Sudan President Salva Kiir, Malian President Assimi Goita, Cape Verdean President Jose Maria Neves,

Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili,

Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso,

Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles,

President of the Commonwealth of Dominica Charles Savarin, Slovak President Zuzana Caputova, Albanian President Bajram Begaj, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas Cornelius Smith,

Governor-General of Grenada Cecile La Grenade,

Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah,

Tajik Prime Minister Kokhir Rasulzoda,

Sao Tome and Principe’s Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada,

Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth,

Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis,

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Keith Christopher Rowley,

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape,

Prime Minister of Solomon Islands Manasseh Sogavare,

Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani,

Chairman of Liberal Democratic Party of Russia Leonid Slutsky,

President of the Party of Communists of Kyrgyzstan Iskhak Masaliyev,

Chief Representative of the Komeito Party of Japan Natsuo Yamaguchi,

Chairperson of Headquarters for Promoting the Establishment of the Disaster Resilient Japan of the Liberal Democratic Party Toshihiro Nikai,

President of the African Party of Independence of Cape Verde Rui Semedo,

Chairman of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party Boris Gryzlov,

Chairman of the “AMANAT” party of Kazakhstan Yerlan Koshanov,

Chairman of Georgia’s European Socialists party Fridon Injia,

President of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik,

Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab.

Meanwhile, world leaders have expressed their congratulations via various means to Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Chairman of the 14th National People’s Congress Standing Committee Zhao Leji, Chairman of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Wang Huning, and Chinese Vice-President Han Zheng.