A list of head of state and other politicians who sent letters of congratulations to Tony Blair on the signing of The Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement

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NORTHERN IRELAND: LETTERS OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM
HEADS OF STATE AND VIPs (As at 27 April)

• Khalifa Bin Sulman AL KHALIFA – Prime Minister of Bahrain
• Kofi ANNAN – Secretary General of the United Nations
• Emeka ANYAOKU – Commonwealth Secretary-General
• Paddy ASHDOWN MP
• Norman BAKER MP
• Ehud BARAK – Chairman, The Israeli Labor Party
• Ann BARRETT
• David BLUNKETT MP
• Kjell Magne BONDEVIK – Prime Minister of Norway
• Melvyn BRAGG
• Jerzy BUZEK – Prime Minister of Poland
• Rafael CALDERA – President of Venezuela
• Jim CALLAGHAN
• Roger CASALE MP
• Jacques CHIRAC – President of France
• Vannino CHITI
• Jean CHRETIEN – Prime Minister of Canada
• Charles CLARKE MP
• Sir Patrick CORMACK MP
• Flavio COTTI – Swiss Federal Council
• Maneck DALAL [PS]
• Sibusiso DLAMINI – Prime Minister of Swaziland
• Archbishop of DUBLIN (Empey)
• Laurent FABIUS – French National Assembly
• Pamela GORDON – Premier of Bermuda
• Ryutaro HASHIMOTO – Prime Minister of Japan
• Sheikh HASINA Wazed – Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• King HASSAN – Morocco
• Edward HEATH (Did not write to PM but issued statement to Press Association)
• Clive HOLLICK
• John HOWARD – Prime Minister of Australia
• King HUSSEIN – Jordan
• Lord JAKOBOVITS
• Greville JANNER
• Lionel JOSPIN – Prime Minister of France
• Frank JUDD
• Neil KINNOCK [NB: PM had replied in his own hand]
• Wim KOK – Prime Minister of The Netherlands
• Chandrika Bandarnaike KUMARATUNGA – President of Sri Lanka
• Mr LEE Kuan Yew – Senior Minister of Singapore
• Frederico MAYOR – UNESCO
• Pierre MAUROY
• Paddy MAYHEW
• Carlos MENEM – President of Argentina
• Yehudi MENUHIN
• Lennart MERI – President of the Republic of Estonia
• Mohamed Hosni MUBARAK – President of Egypt
• Ntsu MOKHEHLE – Prime Minister of Lesotho
• Swraj PAUL
• Jordi PUJOL – President of the Autonomous Government of Catalonia
• Giles RADICE MP
• Poul RASMUSSEN – Prime Minister of Denmark
• George Robertson MP
• Dr Alfred SANT – Prime Minister of Malta
• Jenny SHIPLEY – Prime Minister of New Zealand
• Jeremy THORPE
• Cecil WALKER MP
• James T WALSH – Friends of Ireland