Press Releases

The new UNDP Resident Representative (RR) to Bhutan Mr. Mohammad Younus presented his Credentials to the Hon’ble Foreign Minister Lyonpo (Dr.) Tandin Dorji at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang today.  Prior to the current assignment to Bhutan, Mr. Younus was the Crisis Country Adviser, Country Office Liaison & Coordination at UNDP Regional ...

His Excellency Mr TAKEI Shunsuke, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, arrived in Bhutan yesterday for a three day visit from 21st to 23rd November. The State Minister is accompanied by Mr SUZUKI Hiroshi, Ambassador-designate of Japan to Bhutan, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in ...

Bhutan’s Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Kutshab Rinchen Kuentsyl presented his Letter of Credence to H.E. Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka at the Presidential Secretariat, Colombo on 11 November 2022. The credentials ceremony was attended by the Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, Secretary to the ...

  His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen graced the departure ceremonies at the Paro International Airport for Bhutan’s first UN Peacekeeping Contingent. Two special Drukair flights carrying the contingent left from Paro for the Central African Republic (CAR) on 6 and 10 November 2022. At the request ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to offer our heartfelt Tashi Delek to Ambassador Tshewang C. Dorji, on being granted the Drakpoi Rinchen Tsugtor Medal on 6th November 2022 by His Majesty the King, in recognition of his services by coordinating Bhutan’s participation in the United Nations Peacekeeping Force. ...

The Royal Government of Bhutan commemorated the UN Day on 24th October 2022 with the lighting of a thousand butter lamps and prayer ceremony at Simtokha Dzong. 24th October marks the anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Charter in 1945. The day provides an opportunity for the ...

Lyonpo Dr Tandi Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs, graced the Opening Ceremony of the Japan Week 2022 at the Clock Tower Square this afternoon. Mr Kawazu Kunihiko, Chargé d’affaires a.i., Embassy of Japan, and officials from the Embassy of Japan and the Japan Foundation in New Delhi attended the event. ...

The Ambassadors of Pakistan, Australia, Republic of Korea, Kazakhstan, Canada, Singapore, Indonesia and Slovenia presented their credentials to His Majesty The King today. The Presentation of the Credentials ceremony was held in the Grand Kuenray at Tashichhodzong.  His Excellency Mr. Imran Ahmed Siddiqui is the tenth Ambassador of Pakistan to ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs today organized a special ceremony to mark the rolling out of the Civil Service restructuring within the Ministry. The ceremony was graced by the Hon’ble Minister of Foreign Affairs who unveiled the plaques of the restructured Departments and Divisions in the presence of officials of ...

As part of the Civil Service Reform undertaken by the Royal Civil Service Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is being restructured to make it fit for purpose and responsive to contemporary national needs. The following changes will take effect on 2nd October 2022: A new Department of Economic and ...