Press Releases

H.E. Dasho Yeshey Dorji, Kutshab, Permanent Mission of Bhutan to the United Nations, Geneva presented his credentials to His Excellency Dr. Heinz Fischer, Federal President of Austria on 11th January 2010.  Kutshab, Geneva is concurrently accredited to Vienna, Austria.

Major General Vetsop Namgyel, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bhutan to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, presented his Letter of Credence to His Excellency Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, President of Nepal, in Kathmandu, Nepal on 13th December, 2009.

The Government of the State of Kuwait has made a generous contribution of US$ 3.5 Million Dollars and the Kuwait Red Crescent Society has made a similar contribution of US$ 2 million in assistance towards the reconstruction and rehabilitation costs for damages caused by Cyclone Aila in May 2009 and ...

(From Left: H.E. Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, Foreign Minister of Bhutan and H.E. Mr. Celso Amorim, Minister of External Relations, Brazil) The Kingdom of Bhutan and the Federative Republic of Brazil, wishing to strengthen and develop friendly relations in the political, economic, cultural and other fields between them have established formal ...

H.E. Mr. Joseph Caron, Ambassador-designate of Canada to Bhutan, will arrive in Bhutan on 10th August 2009. He will present his credentials to His Majesty the King tomorrow at the Tashichhodzong. Mr. Caron succeeds Mr. David M. Malone who was Canada’s Ambassador to Bhutan from August 2006 to 2008.

Following the presentation of Bhutan’s 7th Periodic Report to the CEDAW Committee at the UN Headquarters in New York, H.E. Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, Minister for Foreign Affairs, visited Washington DC from 27 to 28 July 2009 to meet with senior US lawmakers and well-wishers of Bhutan. The visit was made ...

The Bhutanese Delegation led by Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, Minister for Foreign Affairs, successfully presented its 7th Periodic Report to the Forty-fourth session of the Committee on the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 23rd July 2009.

H. E. Sonam Tobden Rabgye presented his credentials to His Majesty King Albert II, King of the Belgians, at Laeken Castle in Brussels on 14 July 2009.

The Foreign Minister, Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, will be leading the Bhutanese delegation to the 15th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) that will be held in the Egyptian city of Sharm-El-Sheikh from 15th – 16th July 2009. He will be accompanied by senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...

The Royal Thai Government has informed that all foreigners who apply for tourist visa (including medical treatment category) at the Royal Thai Embassies and Royal Thai Consulates-General worldwide will be exempted from tourist visa fees from 25 June to 4 March 2010.  However, visa fees for Non-Immigrant and Transit visas ...