BEIJING, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Political leaders, parties and organizations of foreign countries recently have sent congratulatory messages to the Communist Party of China (CPC) on the convening of its 18th National Congress, which is underway in Beijing.

The following are some political leaders, parties and organizations that have sent congratulatory messages:

Asfandyar Wali Khan, president of the Awami National Party of Pakistan;

Muttahidah Qaumi Movement of Pakistan;

Imran Khan, chairman of the Pakistan Movement for Justice (PTI);

Maulana Fazl ur-Rahman, president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan;

Shri Nitin Gadkari, president of the Bharatiya Janata Party of India;

Ahmed Thasmeen Ali, leader of the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party of Maldives;

Mohar Baidya, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist);

Ram Bahadur Thapa Badal, general secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist);

Narayan Man Bijukchhe, president of the Nepal Workers Peasants Party;

Manny Villar, president of the Nacionalista Party of the Philippines;

Imelda R. Marcos, president of Kilusang Bagong Lipunan of the Philippines;

Edgardo Angara, president of the Fight of Democratic Filipinos (LDP);

Abdelilah Benkirane, leader of the Justice and Development Party of Morocco;

Yrjo Hakanen, chairman of the Communist Party of Finland;

Mihai Ghimpu, chairman of the Liberal Party of Moldova;

Gagik Tsarukian, president of the Prosperous Armenia Party of Armenia;

Zlatko Lagumdzija, president of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Social Democratic Party;

Milorad Dodik, president of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Alliance of Independent Social Democrats;

Mladen Bosic, leader of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Serbian Democratic Party;

Dragan Covic, president of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Croatian Democratic Union;

Sulejman Tihic, leader of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Party of Democratic Action;

Jose Socrates, former Portuguese prime minister and former secretary general of the Socialist Party of Portugal;

Osvaldo Andrade, leader of the Socialist Party of Chile;

Oscar Zamora Medinaceli, chairperson of the Revolutionary Left Front of Bolivia; and

Sri Lanka-China Jouralists Forum.