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Ambassador Sonam Tobgay co-hosted a reception with Mr. David Smith MP, Co-Chair of Bhutan Parliamentary Friendship Group and Seantor Dean Smith, Deputy Chair, for Parliamentarians and friends of Bhutan to celebrate the establishment of the Bhutan Parliamentary Friendship Group at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra on 13 November 2023. The formation of the Australia-Bhutan Parliamentary Friendship Group marks a ...

The Royal Bhutanese Embassy in Canberra, Australia with the support of The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and Western Sydney University (WSU), commissioned a guide for export from Bhutan to Australia in the form of a case study titled “Expanding Horizons: A guide for export growth from Bhutan to Australia”. It is based on the experience of Bhutan ...

Dato’ Mr. Adam Htoon was appointed as the Honorary Consul of Bhutan in Victoria in June 2023. The Honorary Consulate officially opened on 05 October 2023 over a small ceremony attended by Chargé d’affaires a.i. Mr. Jigme Tenzin, representative of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, close friends of Bhutan and representatives of the Bhutanese community in Victoria. Dato’ ...

A high level parliamentary and business delegation from Western Australia led by the Hon. Michelle Hopkins Roberts, MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, visited Bhutan from 07 to 10 June 2023. The delegation was granted an audience by His Majesty The King on 09 June following the opening ceremony of the 9th Session of the Third Parliament. The delegation interacted ...

The 6th Annual Bilateral Consultations between the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Government of Australia were held in Thimphu on Friday, 19 May 2023. The consultations were co-chaired by Ms. Pema Tshomo, Officiating Director, Department of Bilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, and Ms. Megan Jones, Assistant Secretary, Indian Ocean and South Asia Regional Branch, Department ...

The Hon Tim Watts, Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, visited Bhutan from 15 to 16 May 2023. The Assistant Foreign Minister was accompanied by His Excellency Mr Robert Barry O’Farrell, Ambassador of Australia to Bhutan, officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian High Commission in India. During the visit, the Assistant Foreign Minister ...

The Hon’ble Foreign Minister of Bhutan, His Excellency Lyonpo (Dr.) Tandi Dorji was on an official visit to Australia from 10 to 16 September 2022 as part of the celebration to mark the 20th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Bhutan and Australia on 14th September 2022. The Minister visited Perth, Canberra and Sydney.  During the week long visit, ...

Ambassador Sonam Tobgay was invited by the Australian National University, as an alumnus of the university, to be the Guest Speaker to address the graduation ceremony of the 2020 and 2021 graduates of The College of Asia and the Pacific and The College of Arts and Social Sciences on 9th February 2022. Ambassador Sonam Tobgay said the invitation to address ...

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 FID-RMA and AUSTRAC. The MoU will allow the two countries ...

To mark the 114th National Day of Bhutan and the opening of the Royal Bhutanese Embassy in Canberra, the Embassy organized a Flag Hoisting ceremony and a Reception on Friday, 17 December 2021. The Flag Hoisting ceremony in the morning was graced by Mr. Ian McConville, the Chief of Protocol of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Staff of ...