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{{Politics of Bhutan}}

[[Bhutan]] has [[diplomacy|diplomatic relations]] with 56 of 193 [[member states of the United Nations]] and the [[European Union]].<ref name="list">{{Cite web|title=Bilateral relations|url=https://www.mfa.gov.bt/?page_id=8824|access-date=4 May 2021|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan}}</ref> Bhutan's limited number of such relations, including the absence of formal relations with any of the [[permanent members of the United Nations Security Council]], is part of a deliberate [[Isolationism|isolationist]] policy of limiting foreign influence in the state.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Chaudhury|first=Dipanjan Roy|title=Bhutan doesn't have diplomatic ties with any of the 5 UNSC permanent members|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bhutan-doesnt-have-diplomatic-ties-with-any-of-the-5-unsc-permanent-members/articleshow/59601903.cms?from=mdr|access-date=19 October 2021}}</ref> This stance has been safeguarded by [[Bhutan–India relations|close relations with India]], of which Bhutan has previously been considered a [[Protectorate#Protected state|protected state]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Bedjaoui">{{citation|last=Bedjaoui|first=Mohammed|title=International Law: Achievements and Prospects|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jrTsNTzcY7EC&pg=PA51|pages=51–|year=1991|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=92-3-102716-6|ref={{sfnref|Bedjaoui, International Law: Achievements and Prospects|1991}}}}: "The Treaty of Friendship of 8 August 1949 between Bhutan and India is an example of the creation of a protected State, Bhutan, with a quite loose relationship to the protecting State, India. By the terms of this Treaty of Friendship, Bhutan agreed to follow the guidance given by India in so far as external relations were concerned. India was not granted the power to exercise diplomatic rights on behalf of Bhutan and this way Bhutan remained in charge of its foreign policy."</ref>

In 1971, sponsored by India, Bhutan began to develop its foreign relations by joining the [[United Nations]]. In 1981, Bhutan joined the [[International Monetary Fund]] and [[World Bank]], followed by the [[World Health Organization]] and [[UNESCO]] in 1982. It is also an active member of the [[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation]] (SAARC). Bhutan is currently a member of 45 international organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bhutan.gov.bt/government/abt_foreign.php |title=Foreign Relation and Trade |publisher=[[Government of Bhutan]] |work=Bhutan Portal online |access-date=29 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110416063620/http://www.bhutan.gov.bt/government/abt_foreign.php |archive-date=16 April 2011 }}</ref>

Under Article 20 of the [[Constitution of Bhutan]] enacted in 2008, Bhutan's foreign relations fall under the purview of the [[Druk Gyalpo]] on the advice of the Executive, namely the [[List of Prime Ministers of Bhutan|Prime Minister]] and other Ministers of the [[Lhengye Zhungtshog]] including the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bhutan)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]].<ref name="CoBE">{{cite web |url=http://www.constitution.bt/TsaThrim%20Eng%20(A5).pdf |title=Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan (English) |publisher=Government of Bhutan |date=18 July 2008 |access-date=13 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706162637/http://www.constitution.bt/TsaThrim%20Eng%20%28A5%29.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2011 }}</ref>

==Diplomatic relations==
Bhutan has embassies in [[Bangladesh]], [[Belgium]], [[India]], [[Kuwait]], [[Australia]] and [[Thailand]].<ref name="list" /> Conversely, only Bangladesh, India, and Kuwait have embassies in [[Thimphu]]. The following is a list of countries which Bhutan maintains diplomatic relations with.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Bhutan.svg|frameless|425x425px]]
|-
! # !! Country !! Date<ref name="list" />
|-
|1 ||{{flag|India}} || {{dts|14 January 1968}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 January 2018 |title=Bhutan, India celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations |url=https://kuenselonline.com/bhutan-india-celebrate-50-years-of-diplomatic-relations/ |website=Kuensel Online |access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref>
|-
|2 ||{{flag|Bangladesh}} || {{dts|12 April 1973}}
|-
|3 ||{{flag|Kuwait}} || {{dts|23 May 1983}}
|-
|4 ||{{flag|Nepal}} || {{dts|3 June 1983}}
|-
|5 ||{{flag|Maldives}} || {{dts|20 July 1984}}
|-
|6 ||{{flag|Netherlands}} || {{dts|10 June 1985}}
|-
|7 ||{{flag|Denmark}} || {{dts|13 August 1985}}
|-
|8 ||{{flag|Sweden}} || {{dts|27 August 1985}}
|-
|9 ||{{flag|Switzerland}} || {{dts|16 September 1985}}
|-
|10 ||{{flag|Norway}} || {{dts|5 November 1985}}
|-
| 11||{{flag|Japan}} || {{dts|28 March 1986}}
|-
| 12||{{flag|Finland}} || {{dts|1 May 1986}}
|-
| 13||{{flag|Sri Lanka}} || {{dts|13 May 1987}}
|-
| 14||{{flag|South Korea}} || {{dts|24 September 1987}}
|-
| 15||{{flag|Pakistan}} || {{dts|15 December 1988}}
|-
| 16||{{flag|Austria}} || {{dts|8 May 1989}}
|-
| 17||{{flag|Thailand}} || {{dts|14 November 1989}}
|-
| 18||{{flag|Bahrain}} || {{dts|6 January 1992}}
|-
| 19||{{flag|Australia}} || {{dts|14 September 2002}}
|-
| 20||{{flag|Singapore}} || {{dts|20 September 2002}}
|-
| 21||{{flag|Canada}} || {{dts|25 June 2003}}
|-
| 22||{{flag|Belgium}} || {{dts|21 January 2009}}
|-
| 23||{{flag|Brazil}} || {{dts|21 September 2009}}
|-
| 24||{{flag|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan|name=Afghanistan}}|| {{dts|20 April 2010}}
|-
| 25||{{flag|Spain}} || {{dts|11 February 2011}}
|-
| 26||{{flag|Cuba}} || {{dts|26 September 2011}}
|-
| 27||{{flag|Fiji}} || {{dts|18 November 2011}}
|-
| 28||{{flag|Morocco}} || {{dts|21 November 2011}}
|-
| 29||{{flag|Luxembourg}} || {{dts|1 December 2011}}
|-
| 30||{{flag|Czech Republic}} || {{dts|2 December 2011}}
|-
| 31||{{flag|Serbia}} || {{dts|9 December 2011}}
|-
| 32||{{flag|Indonesia}} || {{dts|15 December 2011}}
|-
| 33||{{flag|Mongolia}} || {{dts|18 January 2012}}
|-
| 34||{{flag|Vietnam}} || {{dts|19 January 2012}}
|-
| 35||{{flag|Myanmar}} || {{dts|1 February 2012}}
|-
| 36||{{flag|Argentina}} || {{dts|14 March 2012}}
|-
| 37||{{flag|Costa Rica}} || {{dts|21 March 2012}}
|-
| 38||{{flag|Andorra}} || {{dts|23 March 2012}}
|-
| 39||{{flag|Mauritius}} || {{dts|2 July 2012}}
|-
| 40||{{flag|Eswatini}} || {{dts|21 August 2012}}
|-
| 41||{{flag|Slovenia}} || {{dts|13 September 2012}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 September 2012 |title=Establishment of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Republic of Slovenia |url=https://www.mfa.gov.bt/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations-between-the-kingdom-of-bhutan-and-the-republic-of-slovenia/ |work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan |access-date=31 October 2024 |quote=Slovenia is the 41st country with which Bhutan has established diplomatic relations.}}</ref>
|-
| 42||{{flag|United Arab Emirates}} || {{dts|13 September 2012}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 September 2012 |title=Establishment of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Bhutan and the United Arab Emirates |url=https://www.mfa.gov.bt/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations-between-the-kingdom-of-bhutan-and-the-united-arab-emirates/ |work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan |access-date=31 October 2024 |quote=The United Arab Emirates is the 42nd country with which Bhutan has established diplomatic relations.}}</ref>
|-
| 43||{{flag|Slovakia}} || {{dts|26 September 2012}}
|-
| 44||{{flag|Turkey}} || {{dts|26 September 2012}}
|-
| 45||{{flag|Armenia}} || {{dts|26 September 2012}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 October 2012 |title=Establishment of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Republic of Armenia |url=https://www.mfa.gov.bt/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations-between-the-kingdom-of-bhutan-and-the-republic-of-armenia/ |work=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan |access-date=31 October 2024 |quote=Republic of Armenia is the 45th country with which Bhutan has established diplomatic relations.}}</ref>
|-
| 46||{{flag|Egypt}} || {{dts|14 November 2012}}
|-
| 47||{{flag|Kazakhstan}} || {{dts|20 November 2012}}
|-
| 48||{{flag|Poland}} || {{dts|29 November 2012}}
|-
| 49||{{flag|Colombia}} || {{dts|21 December 2012}}
|-
| 50||{{flag|Tajikistan}} || {{dts|24 January 2013}}
|-
| 51||{{flag|Azerbaijan}} || {{dts|7 February 2013}}
|-
| 52||{{flag|Oman}} || {{dts|15 March 2013}}
|-
| 53||{{flag|Germany}} || {{dts|25 November 2020}}
|-
| 54||{{flag|Israel}} || {{dts|12 December 2020}}
|-
| 55||{{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || {{dts|18 September 2024}}
|-
|56
|{{flag|Lesotho}}
|{{dts|29 October 2024}}
|}

==Asia==
===Bangladesh===
{{Main article|Bangladesh-Bhutan relations}}

[[Bangladesh]] is one of only three nations to maintain a residential embassy in Thimphu. Bhutan was the first country in the world to recognize [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Bangladeshi independence]] in 1971. The two states have agreed to develop [[hydropower]] in the Himalayas, as well as initiate [[free trade]] and [[transshipment]] through Bangladeshi ports. They also cooperate in water resources management.
Both Bhutan and Bangladesh are members of [[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]] and [[Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation|BIMSTEC]].

===China===
{{Main article|Bhutan–China relations}}

Bhutan has no diplomatic relations with its northern neighbor, the [[China|People's Republic of China]], and is one of the few countries to not recognise or have relations with either of the [[Two Chinas]]. The border between Bhutan and the PRC has been closed since the [[Battle of Chamdo|invasion of Tibet]] in 1950, causing an influx of refugees. The border also remains undelineated; in 1961 China published a map that altered the traditional border.<ref>{{cite book |title= Nepal and Bhutan: country studies |publisher=[[Federal Research Division]] |last1=Savada |first1=Andrea Matles |last2=Harris |first2=George Lawrence |year=1993 |url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/cntrystd.bt |page=332 |quote=The specter of renewed Chinese claims to Bhutan, Sikkim, and Nepal was raised after China published a map in 1961 that showed alterations of traditional Sino-Bhutanese and other Himalayan borders in Beijing's favor}}</ref> Tensions have since lessened, especially after the signing of a 1998 agreement on border peace and tranquility, the first bilateral agreement between China and Bhutan. Despite the lack of formal diplomatic relations, Bhutan has also maintained an Honorary Consul in [[Macau]] since 2000 and [[Hong Kong]] since 2004.

In late 2005, Bhutan claimed that [[People's Liberation Army|PLA]] soldiers were building roads and bridges within Bhutanese territory. Bhutanese Foreign Minister Khandu Wangchuk took up the matter with Chinese authorities after the issue was raised in the Bhutanese parliament. In response, Foreign Ministry spokesman [[Qin Gang]] of the People's Republic of China has said that the border remains in dispute and that the two sides are continuing to work for a peaceful and cordial resolution of the dispute.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.china.com/zh_cn/domestic/945/20051201/12906175.html |title=中国不丹同意平等友好协商早日解决边界问题 |trans-title=China and Bhutan agree to equal and friendly consultations to resolve the border issue as soon as possible |publisher=China.com News |date=1 December 2005 |access-date=29 March 2011 |archive-date=25 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925120828/http://news.china.com/zh_cn/domestic/945/20051201/12906175.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Bhutanese newspaper ''Kuensel'' has said that China might use the roads to further Chinese claims along the border.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7598_1583871,000500020006.htm Hindustan times article]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071229111417/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7598_1583871%2C000500020006.htm |date=29 December 2007 }}</ref>

===India===
{{Main article|Bhutan–India relations}}

Historically, ties with India have been close. Both countries signed a first ever Friendship treaty in 1865 between Bhutan and British India. When Bhutan became a monarchy, British India was the first country to recognize it and renewed the treaty in 1910. Bhutan was the first country to recognize Indian independence and renewed the age old treaty with the new government in 1949, including a clause that India would assist Bhutan in foreign relations. On 8 February 2007, the Indo-Bhutan Friendship Treaty<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mea.gov.in/pressrelease/2007/03/treaty.pdf |title=Indo-Bhutan Friendship Treaty |publisher=[[Government of India]]}}</ref> was substantially revised under the Bhutanese King, [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]]. In the Treaty of 1949 Article 2 read as "The Government of India undertakes to exercise no interference in the internal administration of Bhutan. On its part the Government of Bhutan agrees to be guided by the advice of the Government of India in regard to its external relations."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mea.gov.in/treatiesagreement/1949/chap26.htm |title=Treaty of 1949 |publisher=[[Government of India]] |year=1949}}</ref> In the revised treaty this now reads as, "In keeping with the abiding ties of close friendship and cooperation between Bhutan and India, the Government of the Kingdom of Bhutan and the Government of the Republic of India shall cooperate closely with each other on issues relating to their national interests. Neither government shall allow the use of its territory for activities harmful to the national security and interest of the other." The revised treaty also includes in it the preamble "Reaffirming their respect for each other's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity", an element that was absent in the earlier version. The Indo-Bhutan Friendship Treaty of 2007 strengthens Bhutan's status as an independent and sovereign nation.

There also exists bi-lateral agreement between Bhutanese and Indian Government wherein citizens of both nations can travel freely in other country without passport or visa.

===Israel===
{{Main|Bhutan-Israel relations}}

[[Bhutan]] and [[Israel]] established formal diplomatic relations in 2020, with the key areas of cooperation being economic, technological and agricultural development.<ref>{{cite web|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=12 December 2020|title=Israel establishes 'formal diplomatic relations' with Bhutan|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/12/israel-establishes-formal-diplomatic-relations-with-bhutan|access-date=15 December 2020|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>

===Nepal===
{{Main article|Bhutan-Nepal relations}}

[[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]] and Bhutan established relations in 1983. However, since 1992, relations with Nepal have been tense due to the repatriation of [[Bhutanese refugees|refugees from Bhutan]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 2005|title=Country Profile: Nepal|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/cs/profiles/Nepal.pdf|access-date=5 November 2020|publisher=[[Federal Research Division]], [[Library of Congress]]}}</ref>

===Philippines===
The [[Philippines]] and Bhutan have no formal relations yet. The Philippines has an embassy in New Delhi, India as representative to dialogues with Bhutan. Numerous senators and high-profile personalities from the Philippines have visited Bhutan and have been pushing for the Gross National Happiness to also be applied in the Philippines, citing its effectiveness and efficiency in nation-building, environmental and cultural conservation, and human rights upholding. Filipina senator [[Loren Legarda]], a [[United Nations]] Global Champion for Resilience, has been pushing for greater diplomatic relations between the two countries. In September 2014, the Prime Minister of Bhutan visited the Philippines and the [[Asian Development Bank]] headquarters in Manila.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.adb.org/news/bhutan-prime-minister-visits-adb-celebrate-three-decade-partnership |title = Bhutan Prime Minister Visits ADB to Celebrate Three-Decade Partnership|date = 5 September 2014}}</ref> In 2018, the Philippines sent its engineers to Bhutan's capital in a bid to develop Bhutan's space program that will be launched in May.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/bhutan-1-expected-to-be-in-space-by-may/ | title=BHUTAN-1 expected to be in space by May}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=December 2020}}

===South Korea===
Bhutan and South Korea established formal relations on 24 September 1987.<ref>{{cite web |title=Press Release |url=https://www.mfa.gov.bt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Press-Release-BD.pdf |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |publisher=Government of Bhutan |access-date=22 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> South Korea granted Bhutan a total of US$6.21 million in aid between 1987 and 2012. Imports into South Korea are about $382,000 and imports into Bhutan are about $3.27 million ({{as of|2012|lc=y}}).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/asiapacific/countries/20071018/1_24406.jsp?menu=m_30_10 |title=Bhutan |access-date=12 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904015758/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/asiapacific/countries/20071018/1_24406.jsp?menu=m_30_10 |archive-date=4 September 2015 |url-status=dead |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs |publisher=Government of South Korea |language=en }}</ref>

==Other countries==
===Russia===
{{Main|Bhutan–Russia relations}}

===Turkey===
Both countries established diplomatic relations in 2012.<ref name="mfa.gov.tr">{{Cite web | url=http://www.mfa.gov.tr/bhutan-economical.en.mfa| title= Economic Relations between Turkey and Bhutan|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey}}</ref> [[Bhutan]] and [[Turkey]] cooperate through their respective embassies in [[New Delhi]].<ref>"Economic Development and Social Changes in Bhutan." pp. 82–99 in [[Urmila Phadnis]], S.D. Muni, and Kalim Bahadur (eds.), Domestic Conflicts in South Asia. New Delhi: South Asian Publishers, 1986.</ref> Trade volume between the two countries was US$1.58 million in 2018 (Bhutanese exports/imports: 1.48/0.1 million USD).<ref name="mfa.gov.tr"/>

===United States===
{{Main|Bhutan–United States relations}}

The United States and Bhutan have no official diplomatic ties, however, they both maintain "warm, informal relations" with each other, as well as consular relations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 July 2020|title=U.S. Relations With Bhutan|url=https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-bhutan/|access-date=14 October 2021|website=United States Department of State|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=About the Consulate General|url=https://mfa.gov.bt/cgbny/background/|access-date=13 March 2023|website=Consulate General of the Kingdom of Bhutan, New York|language=en}}</ref>

Bhutan is represented by its permanent mission in the [[United Nations]], while the [[Embassy of the United States, New Delhi|American embassy]] in [[New Delhi]] is currently accredited for Bhutan.

==Transnational issues==
Bhutan has relations with other nations based on transnational issues. Among these issues are extradition, [[terrorism]], and refugees. To a limited extent, Bhutanese law provides frameworks for cooperation with countries which Bhutan has no formal mission.

===Extradition===
Bhutan has a [[Bhutanese legislation|legislated policy]] on [[extradition]] of criminals, both to and from the kingdom. Any nation, with or without formal relations, may request the extradition of fugitives who abscond to Bhutan. The Extradition Act requires nations to provide "all relevant evidence and information" about the accused, after which the Royal Government may in its discretion refer the matter to the [[High Court of Bhutan]]. The Court may then issue a summons or warrant, conduct an inquiry, and collect evidence, holding the accused for a maximum of 30 days. Alternatively, the Royal Government may refer the matter to the courts for trial within Bhutan. Bhutan imposes punishments for offenses committed in treaty states generally, and for offenses in other states resulting in return to Bhutan. Offenses are weighed according to gravity, determined by a schedule and two-part test: extraditable offenses are those enumerated (including murder, theft, forgery, and smuggling), or which in Bhutan would be punished by a prison term exceeding twelve months.<ref name="Extra">{{cite web|url=http://oag.gov.bt/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Extradiction-Act-of-Bhutan-1991-English.pdf |publisher=[[Government of Bhutan]] |title=Extradition Act, 1989 (1991) |year=1991 |access-date=29 March 2011}}</ref> All felonies in Bhutan are punishable by a minimum of three years' imprisonment.<ref name=PC04>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalcouncil.bt/images/stories/PCode_En_04.pdf |title=Penal Code of Bhutan |date=11 August 2004 |publisher=[[Government of Bhutan]] |access-date=21 January 2011 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Bhutan will refuse requests for extradition if the Royal Government or its courts determine the person is accused of a [[political offence exception|political offense]].<ref name=Extra/>

===International cooperation against terrorism===
Bhutan cooperates with India to expel Nagaland separatists; lacking any treaty describing the boundary, Bhutan and China continue negotiations to establish a common boundary alignment to resolve territorial disputes arising from substantial cartographic discrepancies, the largest of which lie in Bhutan's northwest and along the Chumbi salient.

===Refugee resettlement===
{{Main article|Bhutanese refugees}}

The U.S. has offered to resettle 60,000 of the 107,000 [[Bhutanese refugees]] of Nepalese origin now living in seven U.N. refugee camps in southeastern Nepal. Six other nations—Australia, Canada, Norway, Netherlands, New Zealand and Denmark—have offered to resettle 10,000 each.<ref>{{cite web
  | title = First of 60,000 refugees from Bhutan arrive in U.S.
  | publisher = CNN
  | date = 25 March 2008
| url = http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/25/bhutan.refugees/
  | access-date = 6 September 2009}}</ref>

Other countries also operate resettlement programs in the camps.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/publisher,IRIN,,BTN,491946b81e,0.html |title=Nepal: Bhutanese refugees find new life beyond the camps |author=IRIN |date=10 November 2008 |work=UNHCR Refworld |access-date=26 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008021239/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/publisher%2CIRIN%2C%2CBTN%2C491946b81e%2C0.html |archive-date=8 October 2012 }}</ref> Norway has already settled 200 Bhutanese refugees, and Canada has agreed to accept up to 5,000 through to 2012.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLIsh/refugees/outside/bhutanese.asp | title = Resettling Bhutanese Refugees – Update on Canada's Commitment | author = Government of Canada | date = 9 December 2008 | work = Citizenship and Immigration Canada | access-date = 26 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090321152644/http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLIsh/refugees/outside/bhutanese.asp | archive-date = 21 March 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Bhutan House]]
* [[List of diplomatic missions in Bhutan]]

==Notes and references==
{{reflist|2}}

== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.ipcs.org/pdf_file/issue/IB154-Marian-Bhutan.pdf |title=Between China, India and the Refugees: Understanding Bhutan's National Security Scenario  |date=2010|publisher=Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS)|access-date=5 February 2013 |author=Marian Gallenkamp }}
* Matteo Miele, ''Chinese Shadows on Bhutanese Independence after the Treaty of Punakha. The Tibetan Buddhist Connection and the British Diplomatic Action'', in Seiji Kumagai (ed.), ''Buddhism, Culture and Society in Bhutan'', Vajra Publications, Kathmandu, 2018, pp.&nbsp;215–239
* {{cite book |last1=Nayak |first1=Nihar R. |title=Political Changes in Nepal and Bhutan Emerging Trends in Foreign Policy in Post 2008 Period |date=September 2021 |publisher=Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses |isbn=978-81-953957-1-2 |url=https://idsa.in/system/files/monograph/monograph72.pdf}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Thierry |first1=Mathou |title=Bhutan-China Relations: Towards a new Step in Himalayan Politics |journal=The Spider and the Piglet: Proceedings of the First Seminar on Bhutan Studies |date=2004 |pages=388–411 |doi=10.11588/XAREP.00002625 |url=http://www.bhutanstudies.org.bt/publicationFiles/ConferenceProceedings/SpiderAndPiglet/19-Spdr&Pglt.pdf |publisher=Centre for Bhutan Studies |isbn=99936-14-19-X}}

==External links==
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bt/ |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Royal Government of Bhutan |publisher=[[Government of Bhutan]] |access-date=29 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227195508/http://www.mfa.gov.bt/ |archive-date=27 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}

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