His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam has consented to receive messages of congratulations from world leaders, heads of governments and foreign dignitaries, in celebration of Negara Brunei Darussalam's 27th National Day Celebration 2011.

The messages were received from:

Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Al-Wathiqu Billah Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah, Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Malaysia; Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja Abdullah bin AbdulAziz Al-Saud, Custodians of the Two Holy Mosques and King of Arab Saudi; Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Raja Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand; Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia;

Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia King Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden; Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia King Albert II, King of Belgium; Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia King Harald R, King of Norway; Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Queen Koningin Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgrad, Queen of the Netherlands.

Dr Haji Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of Republic of Indonesia; S R Nathan, President of Republic of Singapore; Benigno S Aquino III, President of Republic of Philippines; Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Security, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar; Nguyen Minh Triet, President of Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Choummaly Sayasone, President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic; Duli Yang Maha Mulia Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of United Arab Emirates;

Asif Ali Zardari, President Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Md Zillur Rahman, President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh; Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic of China;

Ms Quentin Bryce, AC, Governor-General of Australia; Ms Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of India; Mahinda Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka; Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea; Christian Wulff, President of the Federal Republic of Germany; Dmitry A Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation;

David Johnston, Governor General of Canada; Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Republic of Italy; Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, Leader of the Great Al-Fateh Revolution, Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; Dr Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria; Bronislaw Komorowski, President of the Republic of Poland;

Islam Karimov, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan; Ivo Josipovic, President of the Republic of Croatia; Anibal Cavaco Silva, President of the Republic of Portugal;

Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Mary McAleese, President of Ireland; Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine; George Abela, President of Malta; Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, President of the United Mexican States; Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of the Swiss Confederation;

His Royal Highness Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai; His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain; Dato' Seri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia; Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore; U Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar; Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techi Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia; Thongsing Thammavong, Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic; David Cameron MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Vladimir V Putin, Chairman of the Russian Federation Government; Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh; and Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations. - Borneo Bulletin (23rd February 2011)