People's Democracy

  Communist Party of The Russian Federation

Dear Comrades,

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation has been conveying wholehearted greetings to yourselves, the delegates of the 18th Congress, and through you to all the members of the Communist Party of I ndia (Marxist).

Your congress is taking place in an extraordinarily responsible moment of the contemporary history of India. For the first time during the recent decades, communist and other leftist forces of the country have succeeded to achieve remarkable success, substantial merits for which were introduced by your party. A high authority of the CPI(M) has been proven also by the fact that your comrade was elected a Chairman of the Parliament.

Today, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is one of the leading political forces of India, without a participation of which none of the key issues of the domestic and foreign policies of the country can be resolved. We are aware of an immense contribution of CPI(M) to elaborating the Common Minimum Programme, being a ground of concerted actions of the Communist and other leftist forces of India.

The Communist Party of Russian Federation evaluates with a high respect the relentless and successful activities of the Indian communists. We do wish the fraternal Communist Party of India (Marxist) new success in its struggle for the interests of the wide strata of the population of your country.

With fraternal greetings,