`We much look forward to working with the new government, which you are beginning to put together. We are very conscious of Bulgaria`s importance as a bastion of regional stability and an example of ethnic tolerance,` British PM Tony Blair wrote to Simeon II. Blair cabled congratulations on the victory of the Simeon II National Movement in Sunday`s general elections. Blair expressed strong support for the willingness of the movement `to build on the very real achievements of the last government and to take Bulgaria forward along the path towards NATO and EU membership. I wish you well in the great challenges you face. If you can build a strong, stable and transparent government, supported by a solid parliamentary majority, you will have made a major contribution to the future not just of Bulgaria, but of the whole region - and indeed our whole continent,` Blair wrote.

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