Press Releases

  Mr. Chencho Tshering assumed his post as the Consul General of Bhutan at the Royal Bhutanese Consulate in Kolkata on 13 July 2021. A small Tendrel ceremony was organized at the Chancery building, following strict COVID protocols. The members of the Royal Bhutanese Consulate, and Liaison and Transit Office, ...

Bhutan will participate in the United Nations high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF), which will take place virtually from 6-15 July 2021. The participation is in keeping with its commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.  The Bhutanese delegation will be led by the Hon’ble Foreign Minister and ...

  His Majesty The King awarded Kabney and Patang to Mr. Sonam Tobgay, as Ambassador-designate of Bhutan to Australia on 2nd July 2021. Currently, Mr. Sonam Tobgay is the Director of the Department of Bilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ministry extends its heartiest congratulations and wishes him the ...

Mr. Sonam Tobgay, Director, Department of Bilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and H.E. Mr. Simon Wong, Ambassador of Singapore to Bhutan in New Delhi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) virtually on the Establishment of Model Technical Training Centres (MTTC) in the Technical Training Institute of Thimphu and Technical ...

The Third Bhutan-India Development Cooperation Talks for the 12th Five Year Plan (FYP) was held virtually on Monday, 28th June 2021. The Bhutanese delegation was led by Mr. Kinga Singye, Foreign Secretary, and included senior officials from Ministries of Finance, Works & Human Settlement, Education, Labor, Health, Information and Communications, ...

“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.: Gautam Buddha”   Coinciding with the auspicious occasion of the birth anniversary of Guru Rinpoche, the Embassy of India, Thimphu and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations hosted two important events ...

A Memorandum of Understanding on ‘Cooperation in the Areas of Environment’ was signed virtually on 18th June 2021 by Lyonpo (Dr.) Tandi Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Chairperson of the National Environment Commission, Royal Government of Bhutan, and H.E. Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Forest, Environment and Climate Change, ...

The 2nd Joint Technical Committee (JTC) Meeting for the MoU on Use of Inland Waterways for Transportation of Bilateral Trade and Transit Cargoes between the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh (GoB) and the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) was held virtually on June 15, 2021. The Bhutan delegation ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs observed the founding day of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) on Sunday, 6 June 2021 by lighting a thousand butter lamps at the historic Changangkha Lhakhang. H.E Lyonpo Dr. Tandi Dorji, Foreign Minister graced the event as the ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be organising a tree plantation program on June 2, 2021 coinciding with Social Forestry Day as part of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Bhutan’s membership to the United Nations. A total of 50 saplings of a variety of species will be planted ...