Kutshab Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor presented his Letter of Credence to the President of the European Commission, H.E. Ms. Ursula von der Leyen at the President’s Gallery in the Berlaymont building on 8 December 2021. President von der Leyen welcomed Ambassador Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor’s appointment and said that Bhutan and the ...

Bhutan observed the 37th SAARC Charter Day on 8th December at the Changangkha Lhakhang with the lighting of a thousand butter lamps and prayers. Foreign Secretary, members of the diplomatic community and senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attended the event. The SAARC Charter signed on 8th December ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to inform all that the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh has endorsed the Royal Government of Bhutan’s request for multiple-entry visas for Bhutanese students in Bangladesh provided their passports are valid. It may be noted that the Bhutanese students were provided ...

Mr. Ken Shimizu, presented his credentials to Lyonpo (Dr.) Tandi Dorji, Minister of Foreign Affairs, accrediting him as FAO Representative to Bhutan today. Mr. Shimizu is based in Kathmandu. Mr. Shimizu will also call on the Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture and Forests and meet with GNHC Secretary and other relevant ...

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Hon’ble Foreign Minister participated in the prayer and a thousand butter lamps ceremony organized by His Majesty’s Secretariat in honour of late Dr. Diana Natalicio, former President Emerita, of the University of Texas, El Paso. The ceremony was also attended by senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as ...

H.E. Lyonchhen Dasho Dr.Lotay Tshering, the Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bhutan hosted a reception on 21st September 2021 coinciding with the day Bhutan was formally admitted as the 128th member of the United Nations 50 years ago in 1971. The reception marked the culmination of the year-long commemoration of the historic ...

Ambassador Chitem Tenzin presented his Letters of Credence to His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of Kuwait at the Bayan Palace, Kuwait on 16th August 2021 accrediting him as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the State of Kuwait.  During the ceremony, ...

The new World Bank Resident Representative to Bhutan Mr. Adama Coulibaly presented his credentials to the Hon’ble Foreign Minister, Lyonpo Tandi Dorji, at a ceremony conducted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gyalyong Tshogkhang on 29 April 2021. ​Mr. Coulibaly called on the Hon’ble Prime Minister following the presentation of ...

Her Majesty The Queen Mother Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck will be delivering the keynote address at the 54th session of the Commission on Population and Development that will be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 19 to 23 April 2021. Her Majesty’s keynote address will be delivered ...