Press Releases

The Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Mr. Sameer Kumar Khare, paid a courtesy call on the Hon’ble Foreign Minister Dr. Tandi Dorji on 5th August 2022 at the Gyelyong Tshogkhang.  Mr. Khare represents Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Lao PDR, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as Executive Director on the ...

  H.E. Mr. Lee Jang-keun, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Bhutan, handed over four electric cars (Hyundai Kona) to Ambassador Pema Choden, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, today in Thimphu. The electric cars are provided by the Government of the Republic of Korea under its Small Grant ...

Mr. Ujjwal Deep Dahal, Director, InnoTech Department of DHI was invited by the Ministry as the distinguished speaker for its lecture series held on 28 July 2022. Mr. Ujjwal spoke on “Designing an Economy: The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation”.  Mr. Ujjwal Deep Dahal is a Fulbright Humphrey Research ...

The 17th Annual Consultations between Bhutan and Japan on Economic Cooperation was held on 27th July 2022 in Thimphu. Ms. Tshoki Choden, Director, Department of Bilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led the Bhutanese delegation. The Japanese delegation was led by Mr. Hiroyuki Yamashita, First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in ...

His Majesty’s Secretariat organized a ceremony to offer 1000 butter lamps and prayers for the late His Serene Highness Prince Bhisadej Rajani of Thailand at Simtokha Dzong today. Lyonpo Chenkyab Dorji, Chairman of the Royal Privy Council, Foreign Minister Lyonpo Dr Tandi Dorji, former Ambassadors of Bhutan to Thailand, senior ...

Ambassador of Bhutan to Japan V. Namgyel and Ambassador of Japan to Bhutan Suzuki Satoshi signed the Exchange of Notes under the second phase of the Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship on 22nd July 2022 in New Delhi. Under the project, the Government of Japan will provide a grant ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to congratulate Ms. Tshoki Choden on her appointment as the Director of the Department of Bilateral Affairs, MFA through an open competitive selection procedure held from 22-24 June 2022. Prior to her appointment, she served as the Chief of Division, Political and International ...

Lyonpo Dr. Tandi Dorji, Hon’ble Minister for Foreign Affairs, launched the second edition of the English-Dzongkha Diplomatic Terminology at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, 11 July 2022. The second edition contains 336 diplomatic terminology. The English-Dzongkha Diplomatic Terminology is an initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support ...

His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen offered prayers and butter lamps at Tashichhodzong today for the late former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe. Cabinet ministers, senior government officials, members of the diplomatic community and the Japanese community in Bhutan attended the ceremony.  Former Prime Minister Abe ...

Bhutan will observe a day of national mourning on 9th July 2022 in honour of the late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. All national flags across the country and Bhutan’s Embassies, Missions, and Consulates abroad will fly at half-mast. Former Prime Minister Abe died in hospital on 8th July after ...