Press Releases

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 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...