King of Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua
On the occasion of the National Day of Brunei Darussalam, permit me, Your Majesty, to offer my sincerest felicitations and best wishes for the good health and happiness of Your Majesty and the members of the royal family as well as for the progress and prosperity of Brunei Darussalam and her people.
It is most gratifying to see that the close, steadfast ties of friendship between Thailand and Brunei Darussalam have indeed grown from strength to strength. Please rest assured, Your Majesty, that Thailand will spare no effort in working ever closer together with Brunei Darussalam to achieve our common goals and to strengthen our friendship and cooperation, both bilaterally and within ASEAN, to advance our partnership in the areas of trade, tourism, public health and agricultural development, for the greater benefits of our two countries and peoples.
President of China Xi Jinping
On behalf of the government and people of China, and in my own name, I hereby extend the warmest congratulations and best wishes to Your Majesty and through you, to the Government and people of Brunei Darussalam, on the occasion of the 39th anniversary of the independence of Brunei Darussalam.
Since the independence 39 years ago, Brunei Darussalam, under Your Majesty’s leadership, has enjoyed peace and harmony and made prosperous and thriving achievements in national construction. China and Brunei are friendly neighbours across the sea and the bilateral ties maintain good momentum in development. During the meeting with Your Majesty in Bangkok, Thailand, last November, we reached important consensus on building closer bilateral relations. I attach great importance to the development of China-Brunei relations, and is willing to work with Your Majesty, taking the opportunity of the fifth anniversary of the establishment of China-Brunei Strategic Cooperative Partnership this year, to enhance the strategic communications and deepen high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, thus to bring more benefits to the peoples from both countries.
May Your Majesty enjoy good health and every success. May Brunei Darussalam enjoy prosperity and its people well-being.
President of India Droupadi Murmu
On behalf of the Government and people of India, and on my own behalf, I extend my warm felicitations to Your Majesty, the Government and the people of Brunei Darussalam on the occasion of your National Day.
Our two countries have traditionally enjoyed a warm and friendly relationship, which has steadily grown and expanded over the years. I am confident, that our bilateral relationship will further diversify and consolidate in the years ahead for the mutual benefit of our two peoples.
I convey my best wishes for Your Majesty’s good health and continued progress and prosperity of the people of Brunei Darussalam.
Please accept, Your Majesty, the assurances of my highest consideration.
President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi
I would like to extend my sincerest congratulations to Your Majesty and the people of Your Majesty’s country on the arrival of Brunei Darussalam’s National Day.
While expressing satisfaction with the growing trend of relations between the two countries, I hope that in the light of common Islamic, cultural, economic and political ties, we will witness the expansion and strengthening of friendly and brotherly relations between the two countries in order to secure the interests of the two nations and the unity of the Islamic Ummah.
I pray to Allah the Almighty, good-health and success for Your Majesty and happiness and prosperity for the people of Brunei Darussalam.
Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida
On behalf of the Government and people of Japan, I have the honour to extend to Your Majesty my heartfelt congratulations on the auspicious occasion of the 39th anniversary of the independence of Brunei Darussalam. I was very pleased to see Your Majesty in person and have a fruitful exchange of views with you in Cambodia last November.
With the long historical bonds between the imperial family of Japan and the royal family of Brunei, our two countries are expanding the scope of cooperation in a wide range of areas such as the economy, energy, climate change and people-to-people exchanges. In the security field, I welcome the signing of the Memorandum on Defence Cooperation and Exchanges between Japan and Brunei on the third of this month. Looking ahead to the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Brunei next year, I am confident that our two countries will be able to further deepen our bilateral cooperation.
This year marks the milestone of the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation and I look truly forward to welcoming Your Majesty at the ASEAN-Japan Commemorative Summit to be held in Tokyo around December. Through such opportunities, Japan is determined to further strengthen cooperation with Brunei to realise a ‘Free and Open Indo-Pacific’ and the ‘ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific’, which share fundamental principles.
Please accept my best wishes for the continued good health of Your Majesty and the prosperity of Brunei Darussalam.
Prime Minister of Thailand General (Rtd) Prayut Chan-o-cha
On behalf of the Royal Thai Government and the people of Thailand, I have the honour to extend to Your Majesty and the people of Brunei Darussalam my sincere congratulations and felicitations on the auspicious occasion of the 39th National Day of Brunei Darussalam.
For almost four decades, Thailand and Brunei Darussalam have shared a cordial bond of friendship and multi-faceted relations. I would like to take this opportunity to reaffirm Thailand’s steadfast commitment to working closely with Brunei Darussalam in strengthening existing ties and exploring new potential areas of cooperation in such areas as food security for the mutual benefit of our two countries and peoples as well as the region at large.
Accept, Your Majesty, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration and esteem.
