The National Technical Committee for evaluation of MFA’s self reported performance score for fiscal year 2015-2016, made its presentation to the Ministry on its assessment today. The meeting was attended by Heads of Department, Chiefs of Division and APA Focal Points of all Departments. The NTC reported an increase in ...
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Ambassador Kinga Singye presented his credentials as the Ambassador of Bhutan to Norway to His Majesty King Harald V in Oslo on 10th November 2016. During the ceremony Ambassador Kinga Singye conveyed to His Majesty King Harald V the warm greetings and good wishes of His Majesty the King of ...
Read More »H.E. Tengye Lyonpo Lekey Dorji, Minister for Economic Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan and H.E. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce and Industry, Government of India signed the Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit between the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Government of the Republic ...
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Bhutan’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, H.E. Mr. Sonam T Rabgye visited Seoul from 30 October – 3 November 2016 to attend the ceremony for presenting credentials to H.E. Ms. Park Geun-hye, President of the Republic of Korea on 1 November 2016.Read More
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Bhutan presented its 8th and 9th combined periodic report to the Committee on the Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on 27th October 2016 at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland. The Bhutanese delegation was led by Ambassador Kinga Singye, Permanent Representative of the ...
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Ambassador Tshewang Chophel Dorji presented his credentials to the President of Singapore H.E. Dr. Tony Tan Keng Yam at a ceremony on October 27, 2016 accrediting him as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the Republic of Singapore. Following the ceremony and meeting with the President, Ambassador Tshewang C. ...
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The Bhutan Society of the United Kingdom, one of the oldest friendship societies for Bhutan in Europe, organized its annual dinner at the historic Charterhouse in London on 21st October 2016. The dinner was attended by over 80 members of the society including 17 Bhutanese students and residents in the ...
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A ten-member parliamentary delegation led by Hon. Tshogpon Jigme Zangpo is participating in the 135th session of the IPU Assembly in Geneva from 24-27 October 2016. The IPU Assembly is held two times a year. The 135th Assembly’s General debate is on the theme ‘Human rights abuses as precursors of conflict: Parliaments ...
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Bhutan observed the 71st anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations on 24 October, 2016 with the lighting of 1000 butter lamps in the Kuenray, Tashichhodzong. Lyonpo Ngeema Sangay Tshempo, Minister of Labour and Human Resources graced the occasion, which was attended by senior Government and the UN officials. UN ...
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Ambassador V. Namgyel of Bhutan and Ambassador Kenji Hiramatsu of Japan signed the Exchange of Notes under the Japanese Grant Aid ‘The Project for Improvement of Farm Machinery for Hiring Services of Tillage’ on 18 October 2016 in New Delhi. The grant which amounts to 250 million Yen will provide ...
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