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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed through a simple Khadar Ceremony the newly appointed Ambassador-designate of Bhutan to Thailand, Mr. Kinzang Dorji; Ambassador-designate of Bhutan to Kuwait, Mr. Chitem Tenzin, and Bhutan’s Consul General-designate to Royal Bhutanese Consulate in Kolkota, Mr. Chencho Tshering on 21 April 2021.

Her Majesty The Queen Mother Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck delivered the keynote address at the 54th session of the Commission on Population and Development that is taking place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 19 to 23 April 2021. Her Majesty’s keynote address was delivered via a ...

Her Majesty The Queen Mother Gyalyum Sangay Choden Wangchuck will be delivering the keynote address at the 54th session of the Commission on Population and Development that will be held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 19 to 23 April 2021. Her Majesty’s keynote address will be delivered ...

Graced by HRH Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck, a special prayer and thousand butter lamps’ ceremony was held at Simtokha Dzong today in memory of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II’s husband who passed away at the age of 99 on 9th April 2021. ...

The 10th Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Bhutan-China Boundary was held in Kunming, China, from 6-9 April 2021. The Bhutanese delegation was led by Mr. Letho Tobdhen Tangbi, Secretary of the International Boundaries, and the Chinese delegation was led by Mr. Hong Liang, Director General of the Department of Boundary ...

The 17th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting was convened virtually by the Government of Sri Lanka as the Chair of BIMSTEC on 01 April 2021. Hon’ble Foreign Minister Lyonpo (Dr.) Tandi Dorji led the Bhutanese delegation that included the Foreign Secretary and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In his Statement, Lyonpo ...

The special Session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) was held on 31 March 2021. Foreign Secretary Kinga Singye led the Bhutanese delegation to the special SOM. The meeting was hosted virtually by the Government of Sri Lanka as the Chair of BIMSTEC. The special SOM was held in ...

An informal session on understanding the UN Multilateral Normative Framework and the role that small states like Bhutan play in shaping it was conducted for the young Officials of the Ministry on 26 March 2021. The session was led by Ms. Tshoki Choden, Chief, Political and International Security Division, Multilateral ...

His Majesty The King granted dhar to appoint Zimpon Wogma Chitem Tenzin and Haa Dzongda Kinzang Dorji as the Ambassadors-designate, to Kuwait and Thailand respectively, on 24 March 2021. Zimpon Wogma Chitem Tenzin served in the Ministry since January 2000 before serving as Zimpon Wogma at His Majesty’s Secretariat, and ...

1. Hon’ble Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan H.E. Dr. Lotay Tshering paid a State Visit to Bangladesh from 23-25 March 2021 as the Special Representative of His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, to celebrate the Birth Centenary of the Father of the Nation of Bangladesh, ...