Bilateral Relations

BHUTAN’S BILATERAL COUNTERPARTS

Since the establishment of the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1970, which was upgraded to a full fledged Ministry in 1972, formal diplomatic relations have been established with the following:

1 AUSTRIA 1989
2 AUSTRALIA 2002
3 BAHRAIN 1992
4 BANGLADESH 1973
5 BELGIUM 2009
6 BRAZIL 2009
7 CANADA 2003
8 DENMARK 1985
9 FINLAND 1986
10 INDIA 1968
11 JAPAN 1986
12 KUWAIT 1983
13 MALDIVES 1984
14 NEPAL 1983
15 NETHERLANDS 1985
16 NORWAY 1985
17 PAKISTAN 1988
18 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 1987
19 SINGAPORE 2002
20 SRI LANKA 1987
21 SWEDEN 1985
22 SWITZERLAND 1985
23 THAILAND 1989
24 EUROPEAN UNION 1985