HIS Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam has received congratulatory messages from world leaders in conjunction with the country’s 30th National Day. (See also Page 6)

Among the leaders who extended their congratulations were His Majesty Almu’tasimu Billahi Muhibbuddin Tuanku Alhaj Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia; His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and King of Saudi Arabia; 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 Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Sultan of the Sultanate of Oman; His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia; His Majesty King Mohammed VI, King of Morocco; His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden; His Majesty King Willem-Alexander; King of the Netherlands; His Majesty King Philippe, King of Belgium; Dr Tony Tan; President of the Republic of Singapore; Benigno S Aquino III, President of the Philippines; Truong Tan Sang, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Choummaly Sayasone, President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao; U Thein Sein, President of the Union of Myanmar; Mamnoon Hussain, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Md Abdul Hamid, President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh; Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, President of the Republic of Maldives; Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China; Pranab Mukjherjee, President of the Republic of India; Mahinda Rajapakse, President of the Socialist Democrtaic Republic of Sri Lanka; Park Geun-hye, President of the Republic of Korea; Barack H Obama, President of the United States; Quentin Bryce, Governor-General of Australia; Joachim Gauck, President of Germany, Vladimir V Putin, President of the Russian Federation; Francois Hollande, President of the Republic of France; Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Republic of Italy; Abdullah Gul, President of the Republic of Turkey; Dr Heinz Fischer; President of the Republic of Austria; Janos Ader, President of the Republic of Hungary; Michael D Higgins, President of Ireland; Enrique Pena Nieto, President of Mexico; Didier Burkhalter, President of Switzerland; John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, Atifete Jahjaga, President of the Republic of Kosovo; Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak, Prime Minister of Malaysia; Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore; Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand; Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia; Nguyen Tan Dung, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; Thongsing Thammavong, Prime Minister of the People’s Democratic Republic of Lao; Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh; Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan; and Dr Navichandra Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of the Republic of Mauritus. - Borneo Bulletin (23 February 2014)