More countries and international organizations have, by various means, offered their condolences and aid over a deadly earthquake in southwestern China.
Among the leaders who sent messages to Chinese President Hu Jintao are:
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe,
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper,
Chairman of Bosnia-Herzegovina's Presidency Haris Silajdzic.
Among the leaders who sent messages to Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo are: Speaker of the Lower House of Tajikistan's Supreme Assembly Sadullo Khairulloyev.
Foreign leaders who send messages of condolence to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao are:
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi,
Tajik Prime Minister Akil Akilov,
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.
Also offering condolences to China are: Japanese Speaker of the House of Representatives Yohei Kono, British Finance Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, former Romanian Prime Minister, member of parliament Adrian Nastase, Antonio Maria Costa, director general of UN Office at Vienna and executive director of Drug Control and Crime Prevention Office, International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, Tibor Toth, executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization.
The Portuguese parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, has passed a bill to extend condolences to China over the devastating earthquake.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea offered 100,000 U.S. dollars in aid to China.
The Mongolian government provided 50,000 dollars to help earthquake victims in China. The Turkish government has decided to provide 2 million dollars in aid to China.
