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BHUTAN ACCEDES TO REVISED KYOTO CONVENTION AND HARMONIZED SYSTEM CONVENTION Bhutan’s instruments of accession to the International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization   of   Customs   Procedures   (Revised   Kyoto   Convention) was on   Monday 15th September  2014 deposited at the World Customs Organisation (WCO) headquarters  in Brussels, Belgium by the Bhutanese Ambassador ...

SAARC Development Fund Secretariat invites proposals from interested firms / consultants to carry out a diagnostics of the SDF’s Total Technology System, ……… Read More

SAARC Development Fund Secretariat invites applications / Project Proposals for funding from its Economic and Infrastructure windows. Read More

Bhutan to start participating in UN Peacekeeping Missions As a long standing and responsible member of the United Nations, the Royal Government of Bhutan attaches high importance to the principles and purposes enshrined in the UN Charter. Bhutan has always worked constructively with other member states to realize the noble ...

On 15th September 2014, Mr. Karma Tsering Namgyal, Consul General of Bhutan called on Shri Janaki Ballav Patnaik, Governor of Assam at Raj Bhavan and Shri Tarun Gogoi, Chief Minister of Assam at his residence. Mr. Karma Tsering Namgyal conveyed the warm greetings of His Majesty the King and the ...

The Secretariat of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation presents its compliments to the Ministries of Foreign Affair/ External Affairs of the Member States of SAARC and has the honour to forward herewith attached self-explanatory letter dated 8th September 2014 received from the South Asian University in New Delhi ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to inform the general public that the French Embassy in New Delhi has notified the Ministry about change in consular jurisdiction. Hereafter, the French Consulate in Kolkata will handle all the consular matters pertaining to Bhutan including processing of French visas. Therefore, the ...

Aum Pema Choden, Ambassador of Bhutan to Maldives, presented credentials to the President of Maldives H.E. Mr. Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom on 25th August 2014.Read More

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Resident Representative to Bhutan Mr. Tshewang Norbu presented his credentials to the Hon’ble Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lyonpo Rinzin Dorje, at a ceremony conducted at the Gyalyong Tshokhang on 28 August 2014. Mr. Norbu holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Sherubtse College and a ...

The Ministry would like to inform that GoI has now started accepting applications for those courses scheduled from November and December 2014 under ITEC Program. Therefore, the interested applicants are invited to apply for the same. The applications may be directly submitted to the Desk Officer, Asia & the Pacific ...