Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will begin his three-day visit to India beginning Monday.
Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck will begin his three-day visit to India beginning Monday, to expand the close bilateral ties, especially in the sphere of economic and development cooperation.
During his visit, he will hold talks with President Draupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar.
“India and Bhutan enjoy unique ties of friendship and cooperation, which are characterized by understanding and mutual trust,” the MEA said in a statement. “The visit would provide an opportunity to both the sides to review the entire gamut of bilateral cooperation and to further advance the close bilateral partnership, including economic and development cooperation,” it said.
The visit comes at a time when India appears riled over Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering’s comment that China has an equal say over the Doklam row. “Doklam is a junction point between India, China and Bhutan. It is not up to Bhutan alone to solve the problem,” Tshering said in an interview with La Libre.
“We are three. There is no big or small country, there are three equal countries, each counting for a third,” he added. This is in contrast with Tshering’s 2019 statement where he said that ”no side” should do anything ”unilaterally” near the existing trijunction point between the three countries.