PM Modi meets Bhutanese counterpart in Thailand, discusses bilateral cooperation across various sectors
Modi on Friday reiterated India's commitment to cooperate with Bhutan in various sectors during his meeting with the Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay
- BANGKOK — Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reiterated India's commitment to cooperate
with Bhutan in various sectors during his meeting with the Bhutanese
counterpart Tshering Tobgay on the sidelines of the 6th BIMSTEC summit in
Bangkok.
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- "Had a great conversation with my good friend, PM
Tobgay. India's friendship with Bhutan is robust. We are cooperating
extensively in several sectors," PM Modi posted on X after the meeting.
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- The meeting allowed both leaders to engage in discussions enhancing
Indo-Bhutan friendship.
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- Expressing his happiness, Tobgay also took to social media
and posted, "Always a pleasure to meet my elder brother and mentor PM
Narendra Modi ji. Discussed BIMSTEC, enhancing regional cooperation, and
furthering Bhutan-India friendship".
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- Both leaders last met in February, when Tobgay visited New
Delhi to participate in the inaugural Leadership Conclave of the School of
Ultimate Leadership (SOUL).
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- PM Modi had assured New Delhi's commitment to deepening the
unique and historical partnership between both countries.
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- India and Bhutan enjoy exemplary ties of friendship and
cooperation, based on trust, goodwill, and mutual understanding at all levels.
The visit of the Prime Minister of Bhutan kept with the tradition of regular
high-level exchanges between India and Bhutan, a hallmark of the special
partnership.
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- PM Modi visited Bhutan last year, spotlighting close bonds
of friendship and cooperation anchored in mutual trust, goodwill and
understanding between both the nations.
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- The joint statement 'Bharat and Bhutan: Together for
Progress and Development' issued during the visit stated that common cultural
links and geography connect India with Bhutan and the strong economic and
financial ties bind both nations.
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- "The enduring partnership between our two nations is
anchored in our common values as well as our shared cultural and spiritual
heritage. Bharat for Bhutan and Bhutan for Bharat is an abiding reality of the
region, nurtured by the enlightened vision of successive Druk Gyalpos of Bhutan
and the political leadership in India and Bhutan," the statement read.
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- "Since Bhutan's First Five-Year Plan in 1961, India's
development partnership with Bhutan has been empowering the people and ensuring
development across sectors and regions. Our development partnership is a
confluence of India's approach of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas' and
the philosophy of Gross National Happiness in Bhutan," the statement
further added.
