Press Releases

Mr. Johannes Zutt, World Bank Group’s Vice President of the South Asia Region, called on H.E. Lyonpo D.N. Dhungyel, Hon’ble Foreign Minister, today. During the meeting, the two sides discussed a broad range of areas of cooperation between Bhutan and the World Bank Group, including the signing of a financial ...

Kutshab Phub Dorji presented a copy of his Letter of Credence to His Excellency Abdulmajeed R. Alsmari, Deputy Minister for Protocol Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, yesterday at the Ministry. Diplomatic relations between Bhutan and Saudi Arabia were established on 18 September 2024. The Royal ...

The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bhutan in Geneva, in collaboration with UNDP Geneva and the Conscious Food Systems Alliance, organized a joint event to introduce the Geneva-based international community to the forthcoming Global Conscious Food Systems Summit, to be held in Bhutan from 31 August to 4 September ...

In a ceremony organized by the Amiri Diwan of the State of Kuwait, H.E. Ambassador Phub Dorji presented his Letter of Credence to His Highness Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, at Bayan Palace today, accrediting him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the ...

H.E. Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Hon’ble Lyonchhen, delivered a video statement at the high-level opening of the 82nd Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) on 20 April 2026, in Bangkok, Thailand. In his address, he highlighted the region’s rapid demographic shifts and ...

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Lyonpo D.N. Dhungyel, attended the 9th Indian Ocean Conference in Port Louis, Mauritius, from 10-12 April 2026. In his statement at the session, the Foreign Minister underscored the importance of the Indian Ocean for trade and connectivity, as well as for the ...

H.E. Mr. Munu Mahawar, Additional Secretary, Northern Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India called on H.E. Lyonpo D.N. Dhungyel, Hon’ble Foreign Minister; and Ambassador Pema Lektup Dorji, Foreign Secretary on 07 April 2026. Mr. Mahawar is visiting Bhutan to attend the third GMC-India Joint Working Group Meeting.

                                                 Joint Press Release of the 15th Expert Group Meeting                                    ...

Following the visit of H.E. Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of Bhutan, to the Republic of the Philippines from 18 to 20 March 2026, Lyonpo D.N. Dhungyel, Foreign Minister, held a telephonic conversation with Her Excellency Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Philippines, ...

Signing of the Grant Contract for “The Project for the Provision of a Sewer Suction Truck in Thimphu” under the Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGP) Ms. Tashi Peldon, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Royal Bhutanese Embassy and Mr. ARIYOSHI Takashi, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, Embassy of Japan, signed ...