IN PHOTOS: PM Modi gets warm welcome in Bhutan
Updated On: 22 March, 2024 03:48 PM IST | Editor
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he was grateful to the Bhutanese people for according to him a "memorable welcome" to their beautiful country and hoped that India-Bhutan friendship "keep scaling new heights". Pics/X @NarendraModi
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he was grateful to the Bhutanese people for according to him a "memorable welcome" to their beautiful country and hoped that India-Bhutan friendship "keep scaling new heights". Pics/X @NarendraModi
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PM Modi`s visit seeks to further cement India`s unique and enduring relations with Bhutan as part of the country`s `Neighbourhood First` Policy
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Modi was accorded a ceremonial welcome upon his arrival at the Paro International Airport earlier on Friday. He was warmly received by Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Tobgay, at Paro airport
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Modi received a warm welcome, with the Bhutanese people lining the entire 45-kilometre route from Paro International Airport to Thimphu which was also decked up with Indian and Bhutanese flags, reported PTI
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"I am grateful to the people of Bhutan, especially the young children, for the memorable welcome to their beautiful country," Modi wrote on `X` and also shared pictures of him interacting with a cross-section of people of Bhutan
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The visit is in keeping with the tradition of regular high-level exchanges between India and Bhutan and the Government`s emphasis on its Neighbourhood First Policy, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement
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