Press Releases

Hon’ble Jigme Wangchuk, Deputy Chairperson of the National Council led a nine-member delegation to the 139th session of the IPU Assembly and related meetings that was held in Geneva from 14-18 October 2018. Speaking on the theme of the general debate “Parliamentary leadership in promoting peace and development in the ...

As part of the 50th Anniversary Celebrations, 18 Lam Netens and representatives of the Central Monastic Body from Bhutan are on a two-week visit to India starting from 15th October 2018 at the invitation of the Embassy of India in Bhutan and the Ministry of External Affairs of India. The ...

Chief Justice Tshering Wangchuk, Chief Advisor to the Interim Government of Bhutan addressed the General Debate of the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 27th September 2018. Amongst others, Chief Advisor reaffirmed Bhutan’s support to the United Nations Secretary General’s agenda to reform the ...

A three-member delegation from the Ministry of Economic Affairs, led by Dasho Yeshi Wangdi, Secretary, and officials from the Embassy of Bhutan in Geneva participated in a Bhutan Business Impulse Event held at the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich (HWZ) on 26 September, 2018. The event entitled ...

On 27 September 2018, officials from the Royal Bhutanese Embassy in Dhaka and the Ministry of Health, RGOB, received the first consignment of essential medicines weighing 35 metric tons from the Government of Bangladesh at the Burimari Land Port. The remaining consignments will be delivered in the same manner in ...

Her Majesty Gyalyum Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck to grace the inauguration of the ‘Bhutan Week’ in New Delhi  as Chief Guest  At the invitation of the Government of India, Her Majesty Gyalyum Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck will grace the opening ceremony  of the ‘Bhutan Week’ on 23rd September 2018 as Chief Guest along with ...

Commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Diplomatic Relations between Bhutan and India (1968 – 2018) This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between Bhutan and India. A  series  of  year-long  activities  are  being  held  in  Bhutan  and  India  to  celebrate  50  years  of  friendship  and ...

Fourth Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic  Cooperation or BIMSTEC summit was held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 30-31August 2018. Representing Bhutan, Chief Advisor of the Interim Government, Chief Justice Tshering Wangchuk, attended the inaugural ceremony of the summit. The summit this year is themed “Towards a peaceful, ...

The 13th Annual Consultations between Bhutan and Japan on Economic Cooperation was held in New Delhi on 28 August 2018. Mr. Phuntsho Drukpa, Acting Head of the Department of Bilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led the Bhutanese delegation comprising officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Ministry of ...

Hon. Foreign Secretary is leading the Bhutanese delegation to the two preceding meetings of the Fourth BIMSTEC Summit, i.e. the Nineteenth BIMSTEC Senior Officials Meeting and the Sixteenth BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting that are currently taking place at Kathmandu, Nepal from 28-29 August 2018. The Fourth BIMSTEC Summit will take place ...