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By Henri Estramant.

Kingdom of Bhutan: HE Ambassador Pema Choden with residence in Brussels is Bhutan’s new top envoy to The Netherlands, the OPCW, Belgium, the EU, Spain, Sweden and Finland.

She presented credentials before the King of the Netherlands on Wednesday, 15 June 2016, the ceremony was also attended by her staff as it was during her presentation of credentials at the Royal Palace at Brussels on Thursday, 26 May 2016. Before the EU she is fully accredited since Friday, 1 July 2016.

Ambassador Pema Choden and her staff greeting King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands - Picture by ANP, Bart Maat.
Ambassador Pema Choden and her staff greeting King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands – Picture by ANP, Bart Maat.
Ambassador Pema Choden arriving at the Royal Palace in Stockholm with diplomatic presenter Bengt Lundborg - Picture by Kungahuset.se
Ambassador Pema Choden arriving at the Royal Palace in Stockholm with diplomatic presenter Bengt Lundborg – Picture by Kungahuset.se.

On Wednesday, 6 July, Ambassador Pema Choden was once more in The Hague to present her credentials to the OPCW Director-General H.E. Ahmet Üzümcü. Bhutan ratified the OPCW convention in 2005.

Since Thursday, 2 June 2016, she is likewise accredited non-resident ambassador to Sweden. The accreditation took place a few days before the Swedish Royal Couple embarked on the very first State Visit of by a Swedish monarch to the Kingdom of Bhutan on 8 June 2016 for three days.

Ambassador Pema Choden and President Donal Tusk - Picture by EU
Ambassador Pema Choden and President Donal Tusk – Picture by EU.

Before being appointed to her ambassadorial post in Brussels, Ambassador Pema Choden was the head of mission at the Embassy of Bhutan in Bangladesh, concurrently accredited to Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan and South Korea.

She was born in 1965, and has served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1989. She holds a bachelor’s degree and has studied French and international relations, including at the ENA in France.

Minister Counsellor Tenzin Rondel Wangchuck greets the VII King of the Belgians as Ambassador Pema Choden looks on at the Royal Palace in Brussels - Picture by the Belgian Royal P
Minister Counsellor Tenzin Rondel Wangchuck greets the VII King of the Belgians as Ambassador Pema Choden looks on at the Royal Palace in Brussels – Picture by the Belgian Royal Palace.

For more information: 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bhutan: http://www.mfa.gov.bt

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