His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam received congratulatory messages from heads of states and leaders from friendly nations on the occasion of Brunei’s 39th National Day.
Among the messages received were from His Majesty King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and King of Saudi Arabia; His Majesty King Charles III, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, King of Jordan; His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, King of Bahrain; His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodum Sihamoni, King of Cambodia; His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua, King of Thailand; Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia; Ferdinand R Marcos Jr, President of the Philippines; Thongloun Sisoulith, President of Laos; Vladimir Putin, President of Russia; Xi Jinping, President of China; General David Hurley AC DSC (Rtd), Governor-General of Australia; Md Abdul Hamid, President of Bangladesh; Droupadi Murmu, President of India; Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of Sri Lanka; Yoon Suk-yeol, President of South Korea; Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of Turkiye; Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of Germany; Dr Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, President of Iran; Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, President of Egypt; Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria; Kim Jong-un, President of North Korea; Professor Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal; Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa; Nataša Pirc Musar, President of Slovenia; Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Algeria; Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of Malawi; Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon; Miloš Zeman, President of Czech Republic; Zoran Milanović, President of Croatia and George Vella, President of Malta.
The congratulatory messages from leaders from friendly nations include those from Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia; General (Rtd) Prayut Chan-o-cha, the Prime Minister of Thailand; Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia; Sonexay Siphandone, Prime Minister of Laos; Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan; Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh; Chairman of the State Administration Council of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing; and Hissien Brahim Taha, Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
