Congratulatory messages from world leaders
By Amie PDH Ishak

His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam has received congratulatory messages from Presidents, Heads of States and foreign dignitaries for the 25th anniversary of the National Day of Brunei Darussalam.

His Majesty has received congratulatory messages from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand; His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, King of Bahrain; His Majesty King Albert II, King of Belgium; His Majesty King Harald R, King of Norway; Her Majesty Queen Koningin Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgrad, Queen of the Netherlands.

His Majesty received more messages from Dr H Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia; S R Nathan, President of the Republic of Singapore; Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Republic of Philippines; Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State, Peace and Development Council of Myanmar; Nguyen Minh Triet, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Democratic Republic of Lao; His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates; Asif Ali Zardari, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Md Zillur Rahman, President of the National Republic of Bangladesh; Barrack Obama, President of the United States of America; Hu Jintao, President of the National Republic of China; Quentin Bryce AC, Governor General of Australia; Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of the Republic of India; Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea; Dr Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Horst Kohler, President of the Federal Republic of Germany; Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic of France; Heinz Fischer, President of the Federal Republic of Austria; Stjepan Mesic, President of the Republic of Croatia; Serzh Sargsyan, President of the Republic of Armenia; Anibal Cavaco Silva, President of the Republic of Portugal; Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, President of the United Mexican States; Vaclav Klaus, President of the Republic of Czechoslovakia; Hans-Rudolf Merz, President of the Swiss Federation and Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe, President of the Republic of South Africa.

Congratulatory messages were also received from His Highness Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and the Emir of Dubai; Dato' Seri Abdullah Hj Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia; Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore; General Thein Sein, Prime Minister of Myanmar; Nguyen Tan Dzung, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Bouasone Bouphavanh, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Lao; Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Prime Minister of the National Republic of Bangladesh and Mirek Topolanek, Prime Minister of the Republic of Czechoslovakia.

Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon and the Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanouglu also sent their congratulatory messages to His Majesty. - Borneo Bulletin (23rd Feb 2009)


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