Xi hails Thongloun role as general secretary in Laos

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Friday sent his congratulations on the election of Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith as the new general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party's Central Committee.

In a message, Xi extended warm congratulations to Thongloun and the LPRP's new central leadership on behalf of the CPC Central Committee and in his own name.

Xi said he wishes greater achievements for Thongloun in the new position.