BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhuanet) --
Top leaders of Armenia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Moldova have paid
homage to late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping on the occasion of his 100th
birthday.
In separate
telegraphs sent to Chinese President Hu Jintao, Armenian President Robert
Kocharyan, Turkman President Saparmurat Niyazov, Tajik President Emomali
Rakhmonov and Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin said what Deng had done
significantly contributed to China's rise in the international
arena.
The leaders highly valued Deng's "one
country, two systems" policy and China's reform and opening up drive which
kicked off China's battle for modernization.
China's rise provided a model for
other countries and its experience was rated as a treasure for the entire
world, they said.
The leaders also expected more
achievements to be made by Chinese people who are striving to put Deng
Xiaoping's theory intofurther practice.
