Yearly Archives: 2022

Notification

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hereby notifies the general public that the Department of Protocol has started issuing a Travel Document in lieu of an Ordinary Passport as an interim arrangement from the 20th of August 2022. This measure has been taken due to the sudden increase in the application ...

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New Ambassador of India to Bhutan, H.E. Mr. Sudhakar Dalela, presents his credentials to His Majesty The King

The new Ambassador of India to Bhutan, His Excellency Mr. Sudhakar Dalela, presented his credentials to His Majesty the King, today. Ambassador Dalela joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1993 and has served in Indian Missions in Israel, Brazil, Switzerland and Bangladesh. Prior to the current appointment, he served as ...

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Press Release

The King’s Scholarships of Bhutan at Cornell University were established today through an exchange of letters between Her Excellency Ambassador Doma Tshering, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Nations, on behalf of the Royal Civil Service Commission, and Mr. Jonathan Burdick, Vice Provost of Enrollment and ...

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Press Release

The new United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Director to Bhutan presented her credentials to Hon’ble Foreign Minister at the Gyalyong Tshokhang today. Ms. Andrea M. Wojnar was appointed as the new Country Director for Bhutan and arrived in New Delhi in February this year to take up her assignment.  ...

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Press Release

The Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Sameer Kumar Khare, paid a courtesy call on the Hon’ble Foreign Minister Dr. Tandi Dorji on 5th August 2022 at the Gyelyong Tshogkhang.  Mr. Khare represents Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Lao PDR, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Executive Director on the ...

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Press Release

  H.E. Mr. Lee Jang-keun, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Bhutan, handed over four electric cars (Hyundai Kona) to Ambassador Pema Choden, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, today in Thimphu. The electric cars are provided by the Government of the Republic of Korea under its Small Grant ...

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Press Release

Mr. Ujjwal Deep Dahal, Director, InnoTech Department of DHI was invited by the Ministry as the distinguished speaker for its lecture series held on 28 July 2022. Mr. Ujjwal spoke on “Designing an Economy: The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation”.  Mr. Ujjwal Deep Dahal is a Fulbright Humphrey Research ...

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