President of the Nepali Congress Girija Prasad Koirala and general secretary of the CPN-UML Madav Nepal Friday sent congratulatory messages to China’s Hu Jintao who was elected general secretary of the Communist Party of China.
Koirala and Nepal hoped bilateral Sino-Nepal ties will be strengthened during Hu’s stewardship of China. Hu’s election is China’s first smooth power transition. Hu will succeed President Jiang Zemin as president next year.