BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- More leaders and officials from around the world have sent messages of condolences to Chinese leaders, offering their deep sympathy over Monday's deadly earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

    Among the leaders who sent messages to Chinese President Hu Jintao are:

    Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang, Saudi Arabian King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud,Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud,Botswanian President Seretse Ian Khama, Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika, Malian President Amadou Toumany Toure, Namibian President Lucas Pohamba, Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic, Maltese President Edward Fenech Adami, President of the Commonwealth of Dominica Nicholas Liverpool, Surinamese President Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan, Bahrain Crown Prince Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan,

    Foreign officials who extended solace to Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo include:

    Speaker of Kyrgystan's Supreme Council Adakhan Madumarov, Speaker of Egypt's People's Assembly of Egypt Ahmed Fathi Sorour, President of Lebanese National Assembly Nabih Berri Speaker of Rwandan Senate Vincent Biruta President of Rwandan Representatives Alfred Mukezamfura President of Romanian Senate Nicolae Vacaroiu President of Argentine Senate Julio Cobos President of Cuban National Assembly of People's Power Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada

    Foreign leaders who send messages of condolence to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao are Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic and New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark.

    Romanian Senate President Nicolae Vacaroiu offered condolences to Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

    The leaders who extended messages of sympathy to Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping are Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Argentine Vice President Julio Cobos.

    Other foreign officials and international and regional organizations that expressed condolences to the Chinese side are: Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda, Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh, Togolese Foreign Minister Leopold Messan Gnininvi, Andorran Foreign Ministry, International Olympic Committee chief Jacques Rogge, Tongan Olympic Committee, Maltese National Olympic Committee, Slovakian Olympic Committee, Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel, International Seabed Authority, Secretariat of the Caribbean Community, African Union Commission.