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Bhutan welcomes the disengagement by the two sides at the face-off site in the Doklam area. We hope this contributes to the maintenance of peace and tranquility and status quo along the borders of Bhutan, China and India in keeping with the existing agreements between the respective countries. Ministry of ...

The 12th Annual Consultation on Economic Cooperation between Bhutan and Japan was held in Thimphu today, the 23rd of August 2017. Mr. Kenko SONE, Minister Counsellor for Economic & Development, Embassy of Japan in New Delhi led a 9 (nine) member delegation, comprising of officials from the Japanese Embassy in ...

H.E. Ambassador Sumith Nakandal, Secretary General of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) who was on a farewell visit to Bhutan from 21-23 August, 2017 called on Hon’ble Foreign Minister, Lyonpo Damcho Dorji on 22 August, 2017 at Gyalyong Tshokhang. Secretary General also called on ...

The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lyonpo Damcho Dorji led the Bhutanese delegation to the 15th Ministerial Meeting of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) in Kathmandu, Nepal, held on 11 August, 2017. The Ministerial meeting was preceded by the 18th Session of the BIMSTEC Senior ...

Mr. Kinley Wangdi joins as the new Director for Directorate Services on 3rd August 2017 at the Directorate Services Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Changangkha, Thimphu. Mr. Kinley Wangdi served at the Ministry of Labour and Human Resource as the Director of Department of Human Resources.

Lyonpo Damcho Dorji, Foreign Minister, met Mr. Werner Kulling, former resident coordinator of HELVETAS in Thimphu, and Mr. Mario Fehr, Minister of Security and Social Affairs of the Government of the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland During the meeting, Lyonpo recalled the excellent bilateral relations between Bhutan and Switzerland, and express appreciation ...

  The Annual Performance Agreement (APA) 2017-2018 was signed on 1st August in a ceremony conducted at the Gyalyong Tshokhang. Hon’ble Prime Minister graced the signing ceremony. The APA of the Ministry for 2017-2018 was signed between Hon’ble Prime Minister and Hon’ble Foreign Minister, and between Hon’ble Foreign Minister and ...

REPORT ON THE STATE OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (LDCs) LAUNCHED The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the United Nations in New York co-hosted the launch of the fourth edition of the report on the State of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2017 at the conference hall of the ...

H.E. Ms. Maria Cristina Ueltschi, Ambassador of Argentina, H.E. Mr. Maung Wai, Ambassador of Myanmar, H.E. Mr. Jose Ramon Baranano Fernandez, Ambassador of Spain and H.E. Mr. Sakir Ozkan Torunlar, Ambassador of Turkey called on Foreign Minister Lyonpo Damcho Dorji separately at the Gyalyong Tshokhang on 12 July 2017. Lyonpo ...

Ambassador Kinga Singye presented his credentials to Mr. Yury Fedotov, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna accrediting him as the Permanent Representative of Bhutan to the United Nations Office and other specialized UN agencies in Vienna on 5th July 2017. Ambassador Kinga Singye and the Director Director General ...