Fuwa, Shii congratulate Hu Jintao on his election as China's new president

Japanese Communist Party Central Committee Chair Fuwa Tetsuzo and JCP Executive Committee Chair Shii Kazuo on March 15 sent a congratulatory message to Hu Jintao (general secretary of the Communist Party of China) on his election as Chinese president as follows:

Dear Mr. Hu Jintao, president of the People's Republic of China

We offer you our sincere congratulations on your recent election as president of the People's Republic of China.

We wish you great success in your efforts to establish a peaceful international order based on the United Nations Charter, and achieve prosperity and development in China as well as improvement in your people's living conditions.

Your unswerving commitment to solving international disputes, including the ongoing Iraq issue, by political and peaceful means through the United Nations, opposing the use of force, is significant for maintaining world peace.

We strongly hope that friendship and cooperation between Japan and China is further developed based on the lessons of history and with a clear vision for the future. (end)