Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, went to the Lao Embassy in China on Thursday to mourn the passing of Khamtay Siphandone, former Lao president and former chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP).

Wang, also director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, wrote a message in the condolence book.

Comrade Khamtay was an outstanding leader of the older generation of the Lao party and state, who made significant contributions to the development of relations between the two parties and two countries, Wang said.

China stands ready to work with Laos to promote the steady development of the China-Laos community with a shared future under the guidance of the important consensus of the top leaders of both parties and nations, Wang said.

The Lao side expressed sincere thanks for Wang's condolence visit.