Press Releases

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 ...

The Bhutanese Delegation led by Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, Minister for Foreign Affairs, successfully presented its 7th Periodic Report to the Forty-fourth session of the Committee on the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 23rd July 2009.

H. E. Sonam Tobden Rabgye presented his credentials to His Majesty King Albert II, King of the Belgians, at Laeken Castle in Brussels on 14 July 2009.

The Foreign Minister, Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, will be leading the Bhutanese delegation to the 15th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) that will be held in the Egyptian city of Sharm-El-Sheikh from 15th – 16th July 2009. He will be accompanied by senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...

The Royal Thai Government has informed that all foreigners who apply for tourist visa (including medical treatment category) at the Royal Thai Embassies and Royal Thai Consulates-General worldwide will be exempted from tourist visa fees from 25 June to 4 March 2010.  However, visa fees for Non-Immigrant and Transit visas ...

Bhutan’s Ambassador to Canada, H.E. Mr. Lhatu Wangchuk presented his credentials to the Governor General of Canada H.E. the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean at the Rideau Hall (official residence) on 30 June 2009. Ambassador Lhatu Wangchuk is Bhutan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and holds concurrent ...

H. E. Lyonchen Jigmi Y. Thinley, arrived in Kolkata, the state capital of West Bengal on 28 June 2009. Upon arrival in Kolkata, Hon. Lyonchen was received by the Consul General of Bhutan in Kolkaata Dasho Tshering Wangda and officials from the State Government of West Bengal.

H.E. V. Namgyel, Ambassador of Bhutan to India signed the Exchange of Notes for the Project “Reconstruction of Bridges – Phase III” with H.E. Hideaki Domichi, Ambassador of Japan to Bhutan and the Grant Agreement for the Project “Reconstruction of Bridges – Phase III”  with Mr. Hidetoshi Irigaki, Chief Representative ...

Ambassador V Namgyel, Ambassador of Bhutan to India signed the Exchange of Notes and Grant Agreements with His Excellency Mr. Hideaki Domichi, Ambassador of Japan to Bhutan and Mr. Hidetoshi Irigaki, Resident Representative of JICA, India Office for the following three projects today at a ceremony held at the Embassy ...