Putin, Maduro and Kim Jong Un congratulate Xi on his historic revalidation as head of the Communist Party

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, have become the first international leaders to convey their congratulations to their Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, who this Sunday has revalidated his post as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China for a historic third term. “I will be happy to continue our constructive dialogue and work closely together,” Putin said, “to develop relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation between our states,” according to the statement published on the Kremlin website. “The results of the 20th Commemorative Congress of the CPC fully confirmed his high political authority, as well as the cohesion of the party he heads,” Putin added in his congratulatory note. , collected by Interfax. Xi has been ratified this Sunday as general secretary in an unprecedented revalidation that consolidates him as undisputed leader of the country, at the end of a congress in which the president presented to society a new hard core of government made up almost entirely of his closest allies. For his part, Maduro stressed that “the trust placed by the Chinese nation in Xi Jinping, to assume this titanic responsibility for the third time represents a living manifestation of his successful leadership during the last decade within the political organization with the most militants on the planet.” “From Venezuela we reaffirm the commitment to continue promoting the close relations of cooperation, communication and coordination between our parties, to provide greater well-being to both peoples,” adds the note from the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry. Finally, Kim Jong Un has conveyed his “warmest congratulations” on this “significant milestone ” which represents the third consecutive term of the Chinese president at the head of the party. China is the main ally o and economic benefactor of North Korea for nearly 70 years, in an alliance forged during the Korean War.”We will shape a more beautiful future of North Korea-China relations, to meet the demands of the times, and We will lead the efforts for its realization in order to continue powerfully promoting the socialist cause in the two countries,” reads the note, collected by the official South Korean news agency, Yonhap.