Press Releases

1. The SAARC Village, which will accommodate the Heads of State and Government of SAARC Member States during the Summit was consecrated today with a Ramney ceremony performed by His Holiness Gyelsey Trilku Tenzin Rabgye Rinpoche, in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, and ...

1.    The Hon’ble Foreign Minister, Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, has been on leave since 1st April 2010 on personal health grounds, and will be out of the country for medical treatment.  Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk, Hon’ble Minister for Economic Affairs, is serving as Minister in Charge of Foreign Affairs in the interim. 

Dasho Bap Kesang, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the Maldives, presented his Letter of Credence to His Excellency President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives in Male on 04 March 2010 at a ceremony held at the President’s Office.

THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE REPORT ON THE REVIEW OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN BHUTAN, ADOPTED BY THE UN WORKING GROUP FOR UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW IN DECEMBER 2009, WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IN GENEVA ON 18TH MARCH ...

H.E. Dasho Yeshey Dorji, Kutshab, Permanent Mission of Bhutan to the United Nations, Geneva presented his credentials to His Excellency Dr. Heinz Fischer, Federal President of Austria on 11th January 2010.  Kutshab, Geneva is concurrently accredited to Vienna, Austria.

Major General Vetsop Namgyel, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, presented his Letter of Credence to His Excellency Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, President of Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal on 13th December, 2009.

The Government of the State of Kuwait has made a generous contribution of US$ 3.5 Million Dollars and the Kuwait Red Crescent Society has made a similar contribution of US$ 2 million in assistance towards the reconstruction and rehabilitation costs for damages caused by Cyclone Aila in May 2009 and ...

(From Left: H.E. Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, Foreign Minister of Bhutan and H.E. Mr. Celso Amorim, Minister of External Relations, Brazil) The Kingdom of Bhutan and the Federative Republic of Brazil, wishing to strengthen and develop friendly relations in the political, economic, cultural and other fields between them have established formal ...

H.E. Mr. Joseph Caron, Ambassador-designate of Canada to Bhutan, will arrive in Bhutan on 10th August 2009. He will present his credentials to His Majesty the King tomorrow at the Tashichhodzong. Mr. Caron succeeds Mr. David M. Malone who was Canada’s Ambassador to Bhutan from August 2006 to 2008.

Following the presentation of Bhutan’s 7th Periodic Report to the CEDAW Committee at the UN Headquarters in New York, H.E. Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, Minister for Foreign Affairs, visited Washington DC from 27 to 28 July 2009 to meet with senior US lawmakers and well-wishers of Bhutan. The visit was made ...