Press Releases

SAARC Charter Day is observed annually on 8th December. This day marks the signing of the SAARC Charter in 1985 by the Leaders of SAARC Countries at the First SAARC Summit held in Dhaka.

The Foreign Secretary, Dasho Daw Penjo, delivered Bhutan’s statement today at the concluding day of the General Debate of the 65th Session of the UN General Assembly. The General Debate commenced on 23rd September, which was preceded by the High Level Plenary Meeting on the MDGs from 20 – 22 ...

Hon’ble Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley signed on behalf of the Royal Government the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 21st September 2010, on the occasion of the 2010 UN Treaty Event. 

Honb’ble Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley leaves Paro on Monday 13th September 2010 for New York to attend the 65th Session of the United Nations General AssemblyHon’ble

The 6th Round of Talks on the Bhutan-India Development Cooperation for the 10th FYP was held in New Delhi from 2-3 September 2010. H.E. Daw Penjo, Foreign Secretary led Bhutanese delegation comprising of senior officials of the Royal Government . The Indian delegation was led by Mr. Satish. C. Mehta, ...

The Fifth bilateral meeting between the Royal Government of Bhutan and Government of Japan took place in New Delhi today on the 12th of August 2010. The Bhutanese delegation was led by Mr. Thinley Penjor, the Director of the Department of Bilateral Affairs. The Japanese delegation was led by Mr. ...

Participating in the Third Meeting of SAARC Ministers for Interior/Home in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 26th June 2010, Lyonpo Minjur Dorji assured fellow SAARC Home/Interior Ministers that “while Bhutan is privileged to enjoy a peaceful situation, we are by no means complacent, and recognize our existing vulnerabilities, largely arising from resource ...

The Royal Government will participate in the Third Meeting of SAARC Ministers for Interior/Home in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 26th June 2010. The Ministerial meeting, which will focus on regional efforts to combat terrorism and transnational crimes and intelligence sharing, will be preceded by meetings of Home Secretaries, Police Officials, Immigration ...

With regard to the reports by the Indian media that a Bhutanese student in Kodaikana Public School (Chennai) was molested by a faculty member, the Royal Bhutanese Embassy carried out an investigation on the case.  The Embassy spoke to both the Principal of the school and the guardian of the ...

Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley met with the Heads of State or Government from five SAARC countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan – who arrived in the Kingdom today to attend the 16th SAARC summit which commences tomorrow.