PM Narendra Modi first 'goodwill' visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi - on his first foreign visit to Bhutan after taking over the post -- received a red carpet welcome at the Thimphu airport today.

Next on Mr Modi's agenda is a ceremonial guard of honour which is expected to be an extremely colourful programme.

Later, the Prime Minister will hold a one-on-one meeting with Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. He will then inaugurate one of India's assistance projects -- the building of the Supreme Court of Bhutan.

The Prime Minister will address a joint session of Parliament on Monday, and speculation is rife on whether he will do so in Hindi, a language understood by most people in this landlocked country.

Mr Modi will then go on to lay the foundation stone of the 600 MW Kholongchu hydropower project.

The Prime Minister had made it clear that strengthening relations with member-nations of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation or SAARC was going to be the primary focus of his foreign policy initiative.


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