习近平致电祝贺诺沃亚当选连任厄瓜多尔总统

新华社北京4月21日电 4月19日，国家主席习近平致电丹尼尔·诺沃亚，祝贺他当选连任厄瓜多尔共和国总统。

习近平指出，中国和厄瓜多尔是全面战略伙伴。近年来，中厄关系保持良好发展势头，两国政治互信不断深化，各领域合作成果丰硕，两国人民友好更加深入人心。今年是中厄建交45周年，我愿同总统先生一道努力，推动两国全面战略伙伴关系不断迈上新台阶，更好造福两国人民。

同日，国家副主席韩正向厄瓜多尔当选副总统平托致贺电。

Xi sends congratulations to Noboa on re-election as president of Ecuador

BEIJING, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping sent on Saturday a congratulatory message to Daniel Noboa on his re-election as president of Ecuador.

Xi said China and Ecuador are comprehensive strategic partners, and the development of bilateral relations has maintained a sound momentum in recent years.

He also said the two countries have witnessed deepening political mutual trust and fruitful cooperation in various fields, adding that the friendship of the two peoples has won greater popular support.

Noting that this year marks the 45th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and Ecuador, Xi said he is ready to work with Noboa to take the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries to a higher level, so as to better benefit the two peoples.

On the same day, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng sent a congratulatory message to Ecuadorian Vice President-elect Maria Jose Pinto. ■