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Xi extends condolences over passing of Laos' former president

President Xi Jinping sent a message to Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith on Wednesday, extending his deep condolences over the passing of Laos' former president Khamtay Siphandone and his sincere sympathy to his family.

In the message to Thongloun, who is also general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, described Khamtay as a steadfast communist, a prominent leader of the older generation of the Lao party and state, and a close comrade and friend of the CPC and the Chinese people.