Press Releases

Ambassador Tshewang C. Doiji presented his credentials to the Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia His Excellency the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd.), accrediting him as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the Commonwealth of Australia on 28 September 20 1 6. Read ...

The Royal Government of Bhutan has expressed its concern to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, as the current Chair of SAARC, that the deteriorating security situation in the region has created an environment which is not conducive for the successful holding of the 19th SAARC Summit in Islamabad in ...

Addressing the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly on 24th September 2016, Hon’ble Foreign Minister, Lyonpo Damcho Dorji, urged the international community not to squander the historic opportunity presented by the recent land mark global compacts including the 2030 Agenda, the Addis Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement. ...

A high-level delegation from Japan led by Mr. Katsuyuki Kawai, Member of the House of Representatives of Japan and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan is scheduled to arrive in Bhutan on 24 September to attend the opening ceremony of the Japan Week in Bhutan. Japan Week was ...

Foreign Minister, Lyonpo Damcho Dorji deposited this morning Bhutan’s Instrument of Ratification of the UN Convention Against Corruption. The Instrument of Ratification was deposited with the United Nations Secretary-General during the annual Treaty Event held on the side lines of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in ...

Ambassador Sonam Tobden Rabgye presented his  credentials  from His Majesty  the King to His Excellency Mr. Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, President of the Republic of Maldives  at 1000 hours on 6 September 2016. Ambassador Rabgye conveyed the warm greetings of His Majesty the King and the Prime Minister of Bhutan, ...

Bhutan is deeply concerned by the despicable terrorist attack on Uri Army base in Kashmir, India on 18 September, 2016. In this hour of distress, the people and the Royal Government of Bhutan express their solidarity with the people and the Government of India. We also extend our profound sympathies ...

Addressing the 17th Summit of the Non Aligned Movement, H.E. Lyonpo Damcho Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs, said that the Movement’s founding principles of self determination, respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, non-aggression, non-interference in internal affairs, and equality and security of all States continue to resonate strongly in international ...

The 11th Annual Consultations between Bhutan and Japan on Economic Cooperation took place in New Delhi on 23  August 2016.  Ambassador Kesang Wangdi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs led the  Bhutanese delegation comprising  of  officials  from  the Gross National Happiness Commission, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Works and Human Settlement, ...

His Majesty the King has conferred the “Gyentag” to Bhutan’s two female ambassadors: Kunzang C. Namgyel, Permanent Representative of Bhutan to the United Nations in New York, concurrently accredited as Ambassador to Canada and Brazil; and Pema Choden, Bhutan’s resident Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union with concurrent accreditation ...