BEIJING - Politicians, political parties and organizations of foreign countries recently have sent congratulatory messages to the Communist Party of China (CPC) on the convening of its 18th CPC National Congress.

Following are the politicians, political parties and organizations that have sent congratulatory messages:

The Central Committee of the Bangladesh Communist Party;

The Central Committee of the Bangladesh Workers party;

Dileep Barua, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Bangladesh Communist Party (Marxism-Leninism);

D.E.W. Gunasekera, general secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka;

Somawansa Amarasinghe, leader of the Sri Lanka People's Liberation Front;

Mendsaikhany Enkhsaikhan, chairman of the Mongolian National Democratic Party;

Gasim Ibrahim, leader of the Maldivian Republican Party;

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, chairman of the Progressive Party of Maldives;

Tun Yi, president of the National Unity Party of Myanmar;

Robert Griffiths, general secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain;

The Spanish Democratic Union of Catalonia;

The National Peace Committee of Korea;

Sri Lanka-China Friendship Association;

The Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bomb.