The Royal Bhutanese Embassy in Brussels hosted a ceremony to celebrate the appointment of Mr. Jaroslav Hubacek as the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Bhutan to Czech Republic and Mr. Andrew Sutton as the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Kingdom on 28 June 2022. Mr. Hubacek’s appointment was formalised on  10 July  2020 and ...

A thousand butter lamps ceremony was organized by His Majesty’s Secretariat in honor of the late Mr. Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, former Foreign Minister of Denmark from 1982 – 1993. The ceremony was attended by Foreign Minister, former Chief Justice Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye, former MoIC Secretary Dasho Kinley Dorji and senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Late Mr. Ellemann-Jensen was ...

Kutshab Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor met with Mr. Rainer Wieland, Vice President (VP) of the European Parliament on 16 June 2022. Kutshab thanked Vice President Wieland for the meeting and briefed him on Bhutan’s relations with the European Union. Kutshab also took the opportunity of the meeting to discuss Bhutan-German relations with the Vice President. VP Wieland is a Member of the ...

Kutshab Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor met with H.E. Eduardo José A. de Vega, Ambassador of the Philippines in Brussels, to discuss relations between the Philippines and Bhutan. The two countries share strong people-to-people ties with many Bhutanese officials having visited the Philippines to receive capacity building trainings. Ambassador de Vega is set to conclude his tour of duty in Brussels on ...

At the invitation of the VIVES University of Applied Sciences (UAS), Kutshab Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor attended the welcome dinner of the International Staff Week on 13 June 2022 at the Governor’s Residence in Bruges. Mr. Carl Decaluwé, the Governor of West-Flanders graced the opening dinner.  Through the EU’s Erasmus+ programme, VIVES UAS has worldwide cooperation with partners in higher education. ...