More nations congratulate newly elected Chinese leaders

BEIJING, March 26 (Xinhua) -- More foreign leaders have sent messages of congratulations to the Chinese leaders newly elected at the recently concluded first session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC).

The following foreign leaders have sent congratulatory messages to President Hu Jintao, who was re-elected to the position on March 15:

Stjepan Mesic, president of Croatia

Girma Wolde Giorgis, president of Ethiopia

Abdulahi Yusuf, president of Somalia

Viktor Yushchenko, president of Ukraine

The following foreign leaders have sent messages of congratulations to Wu Bangguo, who was re-elected as chairman of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress:

Yunus Qanuni, president of the Wolesi Jirga (House of the People) of Afghanistan's National Assembly

Boris Gryzlov, speaker of the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament

The following foreign leaders have sent messages of congratulations to Wen Jiabao, who was reappointed Chinese premier:

Meles Zenawi, prime minister of Ethiopia

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, president of Turkmenistan.