The General Secretary of the PCP addressed a greeting to Francisco Guterres "Lu-Olo" on his election as President of the Democratic Republic of East Timor.

The message, affirms "Your election constitutes yet another valuable expression of FRETILIN's role in the long and heroic liberating struggle of the Timorese people and that it continues to play today in the sovereign and democratic construction of East Timor," further confirming the "will to strengthen the historical relations of friendship and solidarity between PCP and FRETILIN, at the service of the friendly relations between our two peoples and countries", and conveying "best wishes of success in the exercise of your high responsibilities. "