Address by His Excellency Jigmi Y. Thinley, Honourable Prime Minister of Bhutan, At the Inaugural Session of The Seventeenth SAARC Summit, Addu, Maldives, 10 November 2011
Excellencies,
Distinguished Delegates,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
From the people of the mountain kingdom of Bhutan, I bring to our brothers and sisters of the Maldives islands, greetings and good wishes. Despite the expansive space between us, the similarities we share are bringing our countries closer. Apart from the distinction of being the two smallest members of the SAARC, we are bound together by an amazing range of circumstances and aspirations. We are equally challenged in the nurturing of our infant democracies just as our fragile ecologies are threatened in equal measure by the continuing rise in global temperature. Likewise, we are both compelled to diversify our growing but vulnerable economies even as our GDP numbers are on the rise. In recognizing our own future as being conditioned by the prospects of the region, we find ourselves deeply committed to the process of unlocking the vast potentials of SAARC . Read more
Press Release
On the invitation of Smt. Meira Kumar, Speaker of the Lok Sabha of India, Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley is visiting New Delhi from 18-21 December 2011 to deliver the Fourth Professor Hiren Mukerjee Memorial Lecture. Hon. Lyonchhen will be accompanied by Foreign Secretary Daw Penjo and other senior officials of the Royal Government. Read more
Vacancy for HRO/Sr. HRO/Dy. Chief of HRO & Washer-man
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Results for the Chief of Division, Asia Division, Department of Bilateral Affairs.
Results for the Chief of Division, Asia Division, Department of Bilateral Affairs.
Establishment of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Republic of Indonesia
The Kingdom of Bhutan and the Republic of Indonesia, wishing to strengthen and develop mutually beneficial relations between their countries and peoples have established diplomatic relations with effect from 15th December 2011. Read more