By their friends shall ye know them

The following has been posted on the Party of Regions' official website:

"Foreign political partners of the Party of Regions congratulated it on the XIII Congress, which took place in Kyiv on Saturday, March 17.

The congratulations on the Congress, during which it was announced the merger of the Party of Regions and "Strong Ukraine", sent:

- National Council of the Bulgarian Socialist Party;
- Central Committee of the Communist Party of China;
- Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;
- Political Council of the Party "Yeni Azerbaijan";
- Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Party "United Russia" Boris Gryzlov;
- Chairman of "Prosperous Armenia" Gagik Tsarukyan.

Press Service of the Party of Regions"

And that's it....
Almost a 'Nobby no-mates' party then....

p.s. Other stories covered on the PoR site: "Serhiy Kivalov: Someone benefits from artificial worsening of relations between Ukraine and the Council of Europe" [?!]