Press Releases

The Hon’ble Prime Minister will travel to Paris to deliver the keynote address at the Fist Meeting of the 7th Replenishment of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund on the 29th of March 2017. The replenishment meetings of GEF provide an important opportunity for contributing participants to review GEF’s ...

H.E. Mr. Harald Sandberg, Ambassador of Sweden to Bhutan, called on the Hon’ble Foreign Minister Lyonpo Damcho Dorji on 20th March 2017 at the Gyelyong Tshokhang.  Ambassador Sandberg is on a four day farewell visit to Bhutan from 19 – 22 March 2017 and is accompanied by Mr. Marcus Holknekt, ...

Bhutan observed the International Day of Happiness (IDH) on 20 March 2017 with the lighting of a thousand butter lamps at the National Memorial Chorten. Lyonpo Damcho Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan led the commemoration. The event was attended by senior officials of the Royal Government, ...

H.E. Mr. Virasakdi Futrakul, Deputy Foreign Minister of Royal Thai Government paid a courtesy call on Hon’ble Foreign Minister on 17th March, 2017 at Gyalyong Tshokhang. During the call on, the two sides exchanged views and held discussions on bilateral relations and cooperation between our two kingdoms in numerous fields ...

The 13th Round Table Meeting (RTM) held in Thimphu on 15th and 16th March came to a successful close with development partners reaffirming their commitment and support to Bhutan’s development. Expressing appreciation for the GNH approach and early integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into the national planning framework, ...

Lyonpo Damcho Dorji, Foreign Minister, met Ms. Paola Pampaloni, Deputy Managing Director of European External Actions Services of the European Union. During the meeting, Lyonpo expressed satisfaction at the excellent state of bilateral relations between Bhutan and the EU, and thanked the EU for sending a high level delegation from ...

H.E. Mr. Nikhil Seth,Executive Director, UNITAR & UN Assistant Secretary General made courtesy call on Hon’ble Foreign Minister today (14 March 2017) at the Gyalyong Tshokhang.

The 13th Round Table meeting (RTM) between the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) and its development partners is scheduled to take place from 15-16 March 2017, in Thimphu. RTMs were initiated in the early 1980s as an important forum for policy dialogue and aid coordination. Typically held twice over the ...

Mr. Sergey Kapinos, Representative, UNODC Regional Office South Asia made courtesy call on Hon’ble Foreign Minister today (14 March 2017) at the Gyalyong Tshokhang.

The new  UN Resident Coordinator and UN Development Programme  Resident Representative, Mr.  Gerald  Daly  presented his  credentials to  the  Hon’ble   Foreign Minister, Lyonpo  Damcho Dorji, at a ceremony conducted at the  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gyalyong Tshokhang on 2 March  2017 Mr. Daly holds Master  of Arts in Law and ...