Press Releases

His Majesty The King granted Dhar to Ambassador Kinga Singye as the new Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 7 August 2019. Ambassador Kinga Singye served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva prior to his appointment as the Foreign Secretary. 

  The Resident Representative of the UNICEF Country Office in Bhutan Mr. William Parks presented his Credentials to the Hon’ble Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lyonpo Dr. Tandi Dorji, at a ceremony conducted at the Gyalyong Tshogkhang on 01 August 2019. Mr. Parks holds a University Degree in Biology from the ...

A maiden consignment of 1000 metric ton stone aggregates originating from Bhutan left Dhubri, Assam on 11th July 2019 and reached Narayanganj Port Dhaka on 16th July 2019 after traversing through Brahmaputra covering a distance of 615 KM.  To commemorate this historic event, a Ribbon Cutting ceremony was held on ...

  The 14th Bhutan-Japan Annual Bilateral Consultations on Economic Cooperation was held in Thimphu on 15 July 2019.  Mr. Sonam Tobgay, Director, Department of Bilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led the Bhutanese delegation. Other members of the Bhutanese delegation comprised of officials from the Gross National Happiness Commission; Ministry ...

The Department of SAARC & Regional Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, organized the Fifth Meeting of the National Focal Point and Sectoral Focal Points for SAARC, BIMSTEC & other regional organizations from 1st to 3rd July 2019 in Bumthang. More than 30 participants, comprising of Director General, Directors, Chiefs of ...

“BHUTAN-THAILAND FRIENDSHIP DRIVE – CONNECTING PEOPLES OF THE TWO KINGDOMS BY LAND” The Royal Bhutanese Embassy in partnership with the Tourism Authority of Thailand and Thairung Union Car Public Company Limited is organizing the first ever road journey from Bangkok, Thailand to Thimphu, Bhutan from 21st to 28th June, 2019. ...

Signing Ceremony of the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship Ambassador of Bhutan to Japan V. Namgyel and Ambassador of Japan to Bhutan Kenji Hiramatsu signed the Exchange of Notes for the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship on 19 June 2019 in New Delhi. Through this project worth 174 ...

Lyonchhen Dr. Lotay Tshering attended the European Development Days (EDD) 2019 at the invitation of Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, on 18th and 19th June 2019 in Brussels. The EDD was instituted in 2006 by the European Union with the objective to bring together relevant global stakeholders ...

Lyonchhen (Dr.) Lotay Tshering will be visiting Brussels, Belgium, from 18-19 June 2019, at the invitation of His Excellency Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, to participate in the 13th Edition of the European Development Days (EDD). The EDD, which was instituted in 2006 by the European Union ...

H.E. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India, is in the country on a two-day official visit. The Minister of External Affairs was received at Paro International Airport by Lyonpo Dr. Tandi Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs; Maj. Gen. V. Namgyal, Ambassador of Bhutan to India; Ms. Ruchira Kamboj, ...