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Khurshid to visit Bhutan

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 29 2013 | 2:34 PM IST

Khurshid, who will leave on Monday, will call on Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck on January 15 and will also have an audience with Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the fourth king of Bhutan.

The External Affairs Minister will call on Bhutan Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinely and hold discussions with the Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister-in-Charge for Foreign Affairs Lyonpo Khandu Wangchuk on January 14.

India and Bhutan enjoy a special relationship characterised by mutual trust and confidence, deep, multi- dimensional, mutually beneficial cooperation including in hydro power development and extensive socio-economic, cultural and religious ties at the popular level, a statement by the MEA said.

India is Bhutan's main development partner and its largest trading partner.

In 2011, the bilateral trade reached Rs 61.6 billion which constitutes 72 per cent of Bhutan's total imports and 85 per cent of its exports.

  

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First Published: Sep 14 2010 | 3:13 PM IST

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