Royal Bhutanese Embassy, Kuwait
Diplomatic relations between Bhutan and the State of Kuwait were established on 23 May 1983 with the opening of the Bhutanese Consulate General in Kuwait. The Consulate General was upgraded to a Resident Embassy in Kuwait City on 23 April 1986. H.E. Mr. Chitem Tenzin is the current and 11th resident Ambassador of Bhutan to the State of Kuwait. The Resident Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Thimphu was established on 29 December 2010. H.E. Mr. Nameer Kathem Al-Quaraini was the first resident Ambassador to Bhutan. Mr. Fadel Haider Saud Alhasan is the current Head of the Mission in Thimphu since 30 April 2017.
Bhutan and Kuwait enjoy very cordial and warm bilateral relations and friendship guided by the relationship between the Royal Families of the two countries. There has also been regular exchange of high-level dignitaries’ visits between the two countries. Economic cooperation between Bhutan and Kuwait has been channeled mainly through the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), which commenced its assistance and cooperation in Bhutan since 1983. Besides providing generous grants and soft loans to various developmental Projects, KFAED has also been providing useful Technical Assistance for the feasibility studies and development for various Industrial Estate Development projects in Bhutan. The two countries also cooperate in several international and multilateral fora.
Since 2015, several hundreds of Bhutanese have joined the Kuwait’s workforce mainly in the hospitality and retail service sectors in some of the reputed business houses such as Al-Shaya, Americana, Trolley, and Kout Food Group, etc. The Royal Bhutanese Embassy supports the overseas recruitment process and provide consular services to the Bhutanese working in Kuwait.