Nepal and Bangladesh's leaders have expressed respectively their firm support to the Chinese government and people in their fight against severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.

In a message to Chinese President Hu Jintao, Nepalese King Raja Gyanendra expressed his condolences over the loss of lives and property in China due to the outbreak of SARS.

Gyanendra sincerely hoped that SARS epidemic would be brought under control as soon as possible.

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said in a message to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that her government admires the Chinese

government and people for their efforts to control and eradicate SARS disease and holds strong belief that the Chinese people will certainly win the victory against SARS.