Leaders express confidence that China will achieve greater prosperity

Congratulations have been pouring in from around the world since Xi Jinping was elected Chinese president by a unanimous vote on Saturday at the annual session of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature.

Xi was also unanimously elected chairman of the Central Military Commission.

In their congratulatory messages, leaders of foreign countries, political parties and organizations expressed confidence that under Xi’s leadership, China will achieve greater prosperity and make more contributions to world peace and development.

The following is an edited version of some of the messages.

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena congratulated Xi on his election, saying he firmly believes that under the capable leadership of Xi, Sri Lanka and China will strengthen their confidence in cooperation and push for allaround development of bilateral relations.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said maintaining the sound and stable development of bilateral relations between India and China, the world’s two most populous countries, is of vital importance to the peace, development and prosperity of all mankind.

Modi said that based on the important consensus reached at the BRICS Xiamen Summit last September, India looks forward to working with China to elevate bilateral relations to a higher level.