The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ཕྱི་འབྲལ་ལྷན་ཁག is the
Bhutanese government ministry which oversees the
foreign relations of Bhutan
Bhutan has diplomatic relations with 54 of 193 member states of the United Nations and the European Union. Bhutan's limited number of such relations, including the absence of formal relations with any of the permanent members of the United Nati ...
. The Royal Government of
Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...
established the Development Ministry in 1968, which was a precursor to the institution of the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1970 and subsequent up gradation to a full-fledged ministry in 1972.
Bhutan has established diplomatic relations with 52 countries and the
European Union
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.
Departments
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for:
*Department of Bilateral Affairs
*Department of Multilateral Affairs
*Department of Protocol
List of ministers
This is a list of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan:
See also
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Foreign relations of Bhutan
Bhutan has diplomatic relations with 54 of 193 member states of the United Nations and the European Union. Bhutan's limited number of such relations, including the absence of formal relations with any of the permanent members of the United Nati ...
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List of diplomatic missions of Bhutan
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Bhutan. The landlocked and isolationist Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has a very limited number of diplomatic missions abroad.
As of 2022, Bhutan operates 6 embassies, 3 consulates, and 2 permanent mission ...
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List of diplomatic missions in Bhutan
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Bhutan. At present, the capital of Thimphu hosts only three embassies, the fewest of any world capital. Many countries accredit an embassy in another country additionally to Bhutan, with New Delhi, India ho ...
References
External links
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign affairs
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Foreign relations of Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...
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