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Singh, who is on a two-day visit, assured Bhutan that India would stand by the Himalayan country as a factor of stability and support. The Indian prime minister is the first world leader to address the Bhutan Parliament after the historic March elections taking the country on the path of democracy. "India desires to see a South Asia which is at peace with itself.
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FlagIt was a meeting between the leaders of the world's largest and the youngest democracies. PM Manmohan Singh met his just-elected counterpart from Bhutan, Jigme Y Thinley, seeking to deepen the ties between the neighbours by pledging infrastructural and political assistance to the Himalyan state.
Dr. Singh made this commitment to his Bhutanese counterpart, Jigmi Y. Thinley, on the first day of a two-day visit to the country the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 15 years. Hashimara in West Bengal and Phuentsholing in Bhutan, a distance of around 20 km.
IST(17/5/2008) Bhutan asked India to double its targets for hydel power generation in the plants maintained by India by 2020 to 10,000 megawatts. It also wanted to hold a third round of meeting before firming up projects in which it would like India’s contribution.
Thinley, Bhutan’s first elected Prime Minister, Dr. Singh answered, “This is very exciting. Bhutan has just witnessed elections a marvellous development, of peaceful transition to a democratic monarchy.” As a democracy, he said, India cherished this moment.
IST(17/5/2008) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh landed in pristine Paro Valley on Friday, his first visit to a south Asian neighbour in four years. The trip comes 50 years after Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, with daughter Indira in tow, reached the capital of the Himalayan kingdom travelling on horses and yaks across hilly terrain.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here this morning at the start of a two-day visit to Bhutan, hoping to shape a bilateral relationship based on the solid foundations of the past and building on each other's national interests in the 21st century.
Asked about his feelings about India, the world's largest democracy, meeting Bhutan, the world's youngest democracy, Dr Singh said, "This is a very exciting event," referring to the elections in March in which the people of Bhutan voted for the first time to elect a Parliament. "Bhutan has just witnessed elections--a marvellous development, a peaceful transition to a democratic monarchy.
Briefing journalists after the talks, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said Bhutan had promised to ensure that its territory was not used by elements inimical to India and keep their 700-km long open border safe and secure. India also promised to stay responsive and committed to Bhutan's development needs and make a significant contribution to the country's 10th Five Year Plan (FYP), which is currently being finalized by the kingdom's newly-elected government and also being discussed by the
India today said it looked forward to continuing its cooperation with Bhutan on issues related to the national interests of the two countries and ensuring that their territories were not used for activities harmful to each other's national security and interest. " In a world that is plagued by violence, Bhutan is a bastion of peace and tranquility," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said at a banquet hosted in his honour by his Bhutanese counterpart Lyonchhen Jigme Y Thinley here tonight.
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