{"id":521,"date":"2022-05-05T22:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/?p=521"},"modified":"2022-05-23T22:02:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T22:02:36","slug":"kutshab-tshering-gyaltshen-penjor-presents-his-letters-of-credence-to-federal-president-frank-walter-steinmeier-of-the-federal-republic-of-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/kutshab-tshering-gyaltshen-penjor-presents-his-letters-of-credence-to-federal-president-frank-walter-steinmeier-of-the-federal-republic-of-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Kutshab Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor presents his Letters of Credence to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Federal Republic of Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Kutshab Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor presented his Letters of Credence to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Federal Republic of Germany at Schloss Bellevue in Berlin on 5th May 2022, accrediting him as the First Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the Federal Republic of Germany.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Kutshab Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor conveyed the greetings of His Majesty the King, the people and the Royal Government of Bhutan to the Federal President and to the German people. He conveyed the appreciation of the Royal Government for the generous support that Bhutan has received from Germany, bilaterally and multilaterally, in the past few decades. He expressed the hope to further strengthen the bilateral relations and enhance the existing cooperation into new spheres of private sector, trade and investment partnerships.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Federal President welcomed Kutshab\u2019s appointment as the First Ambassador of Bhutan to Germany and expressed the hope that the friendly relations between the two countries would be further strengthened.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;\">During the visit, Kutshab Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor met with t<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">he officials of the Federal Foreign Office, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts and Small Businesses among other agencies.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Formal diplomatic relations between Bhutan and Germany were established in November 2020. However, cooperation between the two countries dates back to the early 1970s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Kutshab Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor is the\u00a0resident Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union with concurrent accreditation to Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34043-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-525 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34043-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34043-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34043-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34043-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34043-1022x1536.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34043-1362x2048.jpg 1362w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34043-scaled.jpg 1703w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34060.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34060-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34060-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34060-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34060-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34060-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34060-310x205.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34060.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB33973.jpg\"><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB33973-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB33973-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB33973-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB33973-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB33973-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB33973-310x205.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB33973.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4662-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4662-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4662-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4662-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4662-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4662-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4662-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4662-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34091.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34091-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34091-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34091-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34091-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34091-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34091-310x205.jpg 310w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GB34091.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4625.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-523\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4625-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4625-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4625-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4625-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4625-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/GUB4625.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kutshab Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor presented his Letters of Credence to Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Federal Republic of Germany at Schloss Bellevue in Berlin on 5th May 2022, accrediting him as the First Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the Federal Republic of Germany.\u00a0 Kutshab Tshering Gyaltshen Penjor conveyed the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":529,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521\/revisions\/529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbebrussels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}