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Bhutan became the 12th State Party to the Multilateral Agreement for the Establishment of an International Think Tank for Landlocked Developing Countries with the deposit of the instrument of Accession on 3rd April 2018 by H.E. Ambassador Doma Tshering, Permanent Representative of Bhutan to the UN on behalf of the ...

His Excellency Mr. Vijay K. Gokhale, the Foreign Secretary of India arrived in Thimphu on Sunday 1st April 2018 for a bilateral meeting with the Royal government of Bhutan. Read More…

On Sunday, 1st April 2018, Ambassador Kesang Wangdi, DG, BD and Ms. Paola Pampaloni, Deputy Managing Director for Asia and Pacific, European External Action Service signed the Agreed Minutes of the Seventh Biennial Consultations between Bhutan and the European Union, which was held in Brussels on 23rdNovember 2017 The Bhutanese ...

Hon. Tshogpon Jigme Zangpo accompanied by Hon. Thrizin Dr. Sonam Kinga is leading a ten-member delegation to the 138th session of the IPU Assembly in Geneva from 24-28 March 2018. The IPU Assembly is held two times a year and the next one will also be held in Geneva in ...

Bhutan  hosted  the  fifth  Annual  Bhutan  –  Australia  Bilateral  Consultation in Thimphu, today. Director  General  Kesang  Wangdi, Department  of Bilateral  Affairs  led the Royal Government delegation  comprising senior officials  from the various agencies.  Ms. Kathy Kay Klugman,  First Assistant  Secretary  for Department  of Foreign  Affairs and Trade led the four ...

  Bhutan  observed the  International Day of  Happiness  (IDH) on 20th March  2018 with  the lighting of a thousand   butter   lamps  at  the  Semtokha  Dzong  in  Thimphu.  The commemoration  was  led  by  Lyonpo  Damcho  Dorji,   Minister   for   Foreign  Affairs   and participated by senior officials  of the  Royal Government  of Bhutan, ...

At the invitation of the Danish-Bhutanese Friendship Association, Ambassador of Bhutan to Denmark Ms. Pema Choden and officials from the Royal Bhutanese Embassy in Brussels attended the Annual General Meeting of the Association on 17th March 2018 in Copenhagen. Around 20 members of the Association attended the event. Ambassador thanked ...

Lyonchhen Dasho Tshering Tobgay paid a working visit to Bern, Switzerland on 8th March 2018 at the invitation of the President of the Swiss Confederation, H.E. Mr. Alain Berset. The Program included a courtesy call on the President followed by delegation-level talks which were led by Lyonchhen and the Swiss President. ...

  Hon’ble Lyonchhen Dasho Tshering Tobgay paid an official visit to the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels from 5th to 7th March 2018. During the visit, Lyonchhen met with Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission; Mr. Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament; Mr. Neven Mimica, ...

On the auspicious Occasion of the 38th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the King a cultural event was organized in Perth on 21st February 2018 to celebrate the occasion with the Association of Bhutanese in Perth Incorporated (ABPI), Western Australia. A 5-member artiste’s group from the Bhutan Film Association comprising of leading ...