New ambassadors call on the PM
9 February 2010
The new ambassadors of Switzerland, Maldives and Australia to Bhutan called on Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley at the Gyalyong Tshokhang today following their presentations of credentials to His Majesty the King in the morning.
During the meeting, they discussed, among others, climate change, Bhutan’s development priorities and goals and the advent of democracy.
Prime Minister said that Bhutan and Maldives were not only small countries which shared similar hopes and aspirations but were also extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
Switzerland and Australia were two of Bhutan’s oldest development partners – Switzerland from the 1950s and Australia from the 1960s. The relation with Switzerland blossomed with what began as a personal friendship between His Majesty Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and the Von Schulthess family. Australia and Bhutan came together for the first time at the Colombo Plan when the former began assisting Bhutan in the area of higher education.
Prior to his present posting, the ambassador of Maldives, Mr Abdul Azeez Yoosuf, was high commissioner to Malaysia, Sri Lanka, ambassador at large in the ministry of foreign affairs, deputy minister of Atolls Development, and deputy minister of Home Affairs.
The Swiss ambassador, Mr Phillippe Welti, who hands over the College of Education complex in Paro to the royal government before leaving the Kingdom, served at the Swiss mission at the UN in New York, the United Kingdom, Germany and Iran before being appointed as the ambassador to India.
Mr Peter N Varghese, the Australian ambassador, was director general of the office of national assessments, senior advisor to the prime minister, deputy secretary of foreign affairs and trade, and head of the international division, department of the prime minister and cabinet. He also served diplomatic stints in Malaysia, Vienna, Washington and Tokyo.
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