Press Releases

His Majesty’s Secretariat organized a ceremony to offer 1000 butter lamps and prayers for the late His Serene Highness Prince Bhisadej Rajani of Thailand at Simtokha Dzong today. Lyonpo Chenkyab Dorji, Chairman of the Royal Privy Council, Foreign Minister Lyonpo Dr Tandi Dorji, former Ambassadors of Bhutan to Thailand, senior ...

Ambassador of Bhutan to Japan V. Namgyel and Ambassador of Japan to Bhutan Suzuki Satoshi signed the Exchange of Notes under the second phase of the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship on 22nd July 2022 in New Delhi. Under the project, the Government of Japan will provide a grant ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to congratulate Ms. Tshoki Choden on her appointment as the Director of the Department of Bilateral Affairs, MFA through an open competitive selection procedure held from 22-24 June 2022. Prior to her appointment, she served as the Chief of Division, Political and International ...

Lyonpo Dr. Tandi Dorji, Hon’ble Minister for Foreign Affairs, launched the second edition of the English-Dzongkha Diplomatic Terminology at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, 11 July 2022. The second edition contains 336 diplomatic terminology. The English-Dzongkha Diplomatic Terminology is an initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support ...

His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen offered prayers and butter lamps at Tashichhodzong today for the late former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. Cabinet ministers, senior government officials, members of the diplomatic community and the Japanese community in Bhutan attended the ceremony.  Former Prime Minister Abe ...

Bhutan will observe a day of national mourning on 9th July 2022 in honour of the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. All national flags across the country and Bhutan’s Embassies, Missions, and Consulates abroad will fly at half-mast. Former Prime Minister Abe died in hospital on 8th July after ...

Bhutan’s Ambassador to Pakistan, Mr. Rinchen Kuentsyl presented his Letter of Credence to H.E. Dr. Arif Alvi, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan at the Presidential Office Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad on 01 July 2022. The credential ceremony was attended by Foreign Secretary of Pakistan and the Military Secretary to ...

A thousand butter lamps ceremony was organized by His Majesty’s Secretariat in honor of the late Mr. Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, former Foreign Minister of Denmark from 1982 – 1993. The ceremony was attended by Foreign Minister, former Chief Justice Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye, former MoIC Secretary Dasho Kinley Dorji and senior officials ...

As a part of the MFA lecture series, the Ministry invited Dr. Will Parks, Resident Representative, UNICEF, to speak on “Compassionate Leadership” to the officials of the Ministry. Dr. Parks is a certified coach and an expert on emotional leadership, which is one of the key skill sets required for ...

The Royal Bhutanese Embassy to Canada is pleased to announce the establishment of the King’s Scholarships of Bhutan at the University of Toronto. Letters were exchanged today between HE. Ms. Doma Tshering, Ambassador of Bhutan to Canada, signing on behalf of the Royal Civil Service Commission and the National Pension ...