Bhutan Ruler Wangchuck Shows up In New Delhi, Set To Hold Talks With PM Modi

Wangchuck’s high-profile trip to India comes amid a reestablished move by Bhutan and China for an early settlement of their many years old boundary dispute.

New Delhi: Bhutan Ruler Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck showed up here on Sunday to an honorary pathway welcome with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar getting him at the air terminal, mirroring the significance India has joined to the trip.

Wangchuck’s high-profile outing to India comes amid a recharged move by Bhutan and China for an early settlement of their many years old boundary limit.

New Delhi has been watching out for the dealings between Bhutan and China on their boundary line as it could have suggestions for India’s security advantages, particularly in the Doklam tri-intersection.

Wangchuck started his eight-day visit to India from Guwahati on November 3.

“His Highness the Lord of Bhutan heartily got by EAM @DrSJaishankar upon his appearance in New Delhi. His Highness is on an authority visit to India, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said on ‘X’.

The visit will additionally fortify close obligations of companionship and cooperation with a valued accomplice,” he said.

The Lord of Bhutan is booked to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Jaishankar.

The Ministry of External Affairs on November 2 had said that the Bhutan Ruler’s visit would open the door to both sides to survey the whole range of two-sided cooperation and to additional development the model respective association, across diverse sectors.

Last month, Bhutan  Foreign Minister Tandi Dorji held talks with his Chinese partner Wang Yi in Beijing.

A Chinese readout on the discussions said Bhutan solidly keeps the one-China standard and stands prepared to work with China for an early settlement of the limit issue and advance the political course of laying out establishing diplomatic relations.

In August, China and Bhutan consented to facilitate and find concurrent ways to execute a “three-step guide to determine their putrefying limit question. In October 2021, Bhutan and China consented to an arrangement on the “three-step guide” to speed up discussions to determine their limit debate.

The marking of the settlement came four years after the Indian and Chinese armed forces were secured in a 73-day deadlock at the Doklam tri-intersection after China attempted to expand a street in the space that Bhutan guaranteed had a place with it.

In 2017, the India-China stalemate at the Doklam level even set off fears of a bigger clash between the two neighbours. Bhutan had said the region had a place with it and India supported the Bhutanese claim