A thousand butter lamps ceremony was organized by His Majesty’s Secretariat in honour of the late Mr Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, former Foreign Minister of Denmark from 1982 – 1993. The ceremony was attended by the Foreign Minister, former Chief Justice Lyonpo Sonam Tobgye, former MoIC Secretary Dasho Kinley Dorji and senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Late Mr Ellemann-Jensen was the Foreign Minister at the time of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bhutan and Denmark, and was primarily responsible for selecting Bhutan to become a Danish programme country. He was a leader of the Danish Liberal Party Venstre and President of European Liberals (ALDE) until 2000.
