Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya has returned to Sri Lanka after concluding her official visit to Bhutan, undertaken from August 31 to September 5 to attend the 2026 Global Summit on Conscious Food Systems.
During the visit, the Prime Minister met Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and held bilateral discussions with Bhutanese Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay and Minister of Education and Skills Development Yeeshang De Thapa.
She also held discussions with senior representatives of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), high-level diplomats and other international stakeholders from various fields.
During her stay, Prime Minister Amarasuriya visited the Tashichho Dzong in Thimphu, the Royal Textile Museum, Semtokha Dzong and the National Museum of Bhutan in Paro.
The visit was described as an important opportunity to further strengthen the longstanding friendship and bilateral relations between Sri Lanka and Bhutan, while expanding cooperation in areas including education, culture, the environment, sustainable development and people-to-people relations.
