Press Releases

MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF 35TH SAARC CHARTER DAY ON 8 DECEMBER 2019 As we commemorate the 35th SAARC Charter Day, it is indeed my great pleasure to convey the warmest greetings and felicitations of the people and the Royal Government of Bhutan to the people of South Asia on ...

Foreign Secretary Kinga Singye is in New York attending the Comprehensive High-level Midterm Review on the implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action (VPoA) for Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) for the Decade 2014-2024. The Review is held under the auspices of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly ...

The Second Bhutan-India Development Cooperation Talks for the 12th Five Year Plan(FYP) was held in New Delhi on Friday, 29th November 2019. The Bhutanese delegation was led by Mr. Kinga Singye, Foreign Secretary, and included senior officials from Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Health, Works & Human Settlement, Education; the ...

The Second Bhutan-India Development Cooperation Talks for the 12th Five Year Plan (FYP) between the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) and the Government of India (GoI) is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on Friday, 29th November 2019. The Bhutanese delegation will be led by Foreign Secretary Kinga Singye, ...

Call on H.E. Lyonpo (Dr.) Tandi Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs by H.E. Mr. Nadir Patel, Ambassador of Canada to Bhutan; Mr. David Hartman, Director General, South Asia Bureau, Global Affairs Canada and delegation.Bhutan and Canada held the first biennial consultations today in Thimphu.

Press Release on the First Bhutan-Canada Biennial Consultations The First Biennial Consultations between the Royal Government of Bhutan and the Government of Canada was held in Thimphu, on 25th November 2019, following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, to establish a bilateral consultation mechanism between the two Foreign Ministries, ...

Visit to India by H.E. (Dr.) Tandi Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs, from 17 to 23 November 2019 H.E. Lyonpo (Dr.) Tandi Dorji, Minister for Foreign Affairs, visited India from 17 to 23 November 2019 at the invitation of H.E. Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister for External Affairs, Government of India. ...

The Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development which was held from 12th to 14th November 2019 ended with a clear path forward to transform the world for women and girls. The Summit deliberated and sought commitments on the achievement of three transformative results of zero maternal ...

The Inauguration Ceremony for the Japanese Government’s Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GGP) “The Project for Provision of Equipment for National Mushroom Center” under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, was held in Thimphu on 15 November 2019. The Grant contract for this Project was signed on 3rd March 2017. ...

A memorial service in honor of His Majesty the Late Third Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck was held on 14th November 2019, at Fairmont The Norfolk Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya. Highly revered as the ‘Father of Modern Bhutan’ His Majesty the Third Druk Gyalpo passed away in Nairobi on 21st July, 1972. The memorial service was ...