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Third Bhutan-Denmark Biennial Consultation

The third biennial consultations between Denmark and Bhutan were held on 4 February 2022 in Copenhagen, Denmark. During the consultations, views were exchanged on recent political developments in Bhutan and Denmark, bilateral cooperation between the two countries and the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The two sides also discussed ...

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Travel Advisory

With the development of new coronavirus variant “Omicron”, Bhutanese are encouraged to refrain from travelling abroad. In case of unavoidable travels, please ensure that travel restrictions of the port of disembarkation (including transit) are understood, all basic preventive measures are taken and extreme caution is exercised. Please also refer to ...

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Press Release

On 8th February 2022, H.E Mr. Sonam Tobgay, Ambassador of Bhutan to Australia, on behalf of the Financial Intelligence Department (FID) of the Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), and Ms. Nicole Rose PSM, Chief Executive Officer of Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between ...

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EU-Bhutan hold their tenth Annual Consultations

Joint Press Release Brussels & Thimphu, 2 February 2022 The European Union (EU) and the Royal Government of Bhutan held their tenth formal Consultations in Brussels on 2 February 2022. Due to the pandemic restrictions, since 2020 meetings and visits could not be organised and 9th formal Consultations in 2020, were held ...

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Signing of the Statement Acknowledging the Ratification of the Country framework Agreement between Bhutan and the European Investment Bank

On 31 January 2022, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Bank of the European Union, and the Kingdom of Bhutan officially acknowledged the ratification of the Country Framework Agreement which allows the EIB to start operations in Bhutan. Ambassador Pema Choden, Hon’ble Foreign Secretary signed the statement with Vice President ...

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Press Release

The fourth bilateral consultation between Bhutan and Switzerland was held on 28 January 2022 in Bern, Switzerland. The Bhutanese delegation was led by Ambassador Pema Choden, Foreign Secretary and the Swiss delegation was led by Ambassador Raphael Nägeli, Assistant State Secretary for Asia and the Pacific, Federal Department of Foreign ...

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Notification on delay of reopening of Western Australia’s border

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to notify all Bhutanese who have made plans to travel to Western Australia that the reopening of Western Australia’s border to the rest of the country and the world scheduled on 5th February 2022 will be delayed indefinitely due to the increasing health ...

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Press Release

Ambassador Tenzin Rondel Wangchuk presented his credentials to H.E Mr. Alexander Van der Bellen, Federal President of the Republic Austria on Wednesday, 19 January 2022 accrediting him as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the Federal Republic of Austria. He conveyed to the President the ...

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Vacancy Announcement

Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) secretariat announces the vacancies for the following post: Project Coordinator (for 6 months) Policy and Communication Intern (3 months) The application deadline is 6 January 2022 (CET). For details, kindly visit the following links: https://jobs.unops.org/Pages/ViewVacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=23131#3 https://jobs.unops.org/Pages/ViewVacancy/VADetails.aspx?id=23095#2

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