Press Releases

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade observed the 29th anniversary of the founding of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) on 6 June 2026 by offering prayers and lighting a thousand butter lamps at Tara Lhading Zhingkham Lhakhang in Thimphu. The event ...

Signing of the Joint Communiqué on establishing diplomatic relations  between the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Principality of Liechtenstein  New York, 2 June 2026 The Kingdom of Bhutan and the Principality of Liechtenstein established diplomatic relations through the signing of a Joint Communiqué in New York today, 2 June 2026. ...

The year 2026 marks the 40th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Republic of Finland. Diplomatic relations between Bhutan and Finland were established in May 1986. To commemorate this important milestone, the Embassy of Finland in New Delhi hosted a high-level reception ...

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.