Press Releases

In view of the many queries raised recently in the media regarding the Bhutan – China boundary in the Doklam area the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to convey the following: On 16th June 2017, the Chinese Army started constructing a motorable road from Dokola in the Doklam area ...

H.E. Mr. Nadir Patel, Ambassador of Canada to Bhutan called on Lyonpo Damcho Dorji, Hon’ble Foreign Minister at the Gyalyong Tshokhang yesterday. Ambassador Patel is on a four day visit to Bhutan from 26-29 June 2017. Ambassador Patel is accompanied by official delegation from the Canadian High Commission, New Delhi. ...

Dr. Werner Haring, President of the Pro Bhutan Association has been awarded the Order of Merit Cross 1st Class by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany for outstanding services in the field of humanitarian work in Bhutan. “Pro Bhutan” is a private German philanthropic association registered in the ...

The first Bhutan Thailand Festival will be held in Thimphu at the Youth Development Fund Multipurpose Hall from 9 – 11 June, 2017 to celebrate the continued friendship, shared common spiritual heritage and growing areas of development cooperation between the two Kingdoms. H.E. General Tanasak Patimapragorn, Deputy Prime Minister of ...

Bhutan observed the 20th anniversary of the Bay of Bengal Initiatives for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) by offering butter lamps in the Simtokha Dzong. Hon’ble Foreign Minister Lyonpo Damcho Dorji and other dignitaries from regional and international organizations’ offices in Bhutan and government officials attended the butter lamp ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to notify the general public that the Australian Government has introduced reforms to Australia’s employer sponsored visa programmes. The changes relate to the temporary employer sponsored skilled visa programme (Subclass 457), and the permanent employer sponsored skilled migration programmes (Subclasses 186 and 187). ...

At the invitation of the Italy – Bhutan Friendship Society (Association Amici del Bhutan – Italy) Ambassador Pema Choden attended the Bhutan e Toscana: eccelenze della culture e del buon vivere event (Bhutan and Tuscany; Excellence in Culture and Good Living) in Florence on 19 May 2017. Speaking at the ...

Ambassador Pema Choden attended the ‘Day for Happiness’ conference in Prague organized by Foundation Stastne Cesko (“The Happy Czech Republic Foundation”) and the Friends of Bhutan Society – Czech Republic on 9th May 2017. Over 300 participants including renowned individuals from Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany and Bhutan attended the day-long ...

Bhutan presented its 3rd to 5th Combined Periodic Report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to the 75th session of the Committee on the Rights of Children  and its initial reports on the two Optional Protocols to the CRC – on the sale of children, child ...

Leading Bhutan’s delegation to the 73rd Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Foreign Secretary Sonam Tshong addressed the Ministerial Segment on 18th May 2017. Marking the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Regional Commission, he said that UN ...