Press Releases

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 ...

   The Ministry of Foreign Affairs conducted a prayer ceremony along with the lighting of thousand butter lamps at the Tashichho Dzong today, for the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Kofi Annan who passed away on 18th August 2018. Bhutan joins the United Nations family and the world ...

Hon’ble Foreign Secretary led the Bhutanese delegation to the Special session of the BIMSTEC Senior Officials Meeting (SSOM) held on 11 August 2018 at Kathmandu, Nepal. The Special Session was convened by the Government of Nepal to discuss preparations for the Fourth BIMSTEC Summit which is scheduled to be held ...

On behalf of the Royal Government of Bhutan H.E. Ambassador Sonam T. Rabgye  received  package of  essential  medicine from H.E.  Mr.  Mohammed Nasim, Minister for Health and Family Welfare of the Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh on 23rd July 2018 to symbolize the handing over of 258 essential medicines ...

H.E. Mr. Kong Xuanyou,  Vice Foreign  Minister,  accompanied by officials  from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China visited Bhutan from 22 to 24 July 2018.Read More

H.E. General Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, paid an official visit to the Kingdom of Bhutan from 19-20  July 2018  at the invitation of H.E. Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bhutan. The Prime Minister of Thailand was accompanied by his spouse, Associate ...

At the  invitation  of Prime  Minister  Dasho Tshering  Tobgay,  H.E. Gen.  Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime  Minister  of  the Kingdom  of  Thailand  will  pay an official  visit  to Bhutan  from  19 – 20 July 2018. The Prime  Minister  of Thailand  will be accompanied by his spouse,  Associate  Professor  Naraporn  Chan-o-cha, H.E. Mr. ...

Bhutan presented its Voluntary National Review (VNR) on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals on Tuesday 17thJuly 2018. Bhutan was among 47 other UN Member States presenting their VNR to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) under the auspices of ECOSOC at the United Nations in New ...