Bhutan Prime Minister visiting Gujrat

PR, KalimNews, Jaigaon, 10 January: On the invitation of the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of Bhutan, Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay will be making an official visit to India starting today.

A press release from the foreign ministry says Lyonchhen will meet Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in Ahemedabad. They will discuss bilateral relations, regional and international issues of mutual interest and concern.

Lyonchhen will also meet the Gujarat’s Chief Minister, Shrimati Anandiben Patel.

The Prime Minister is also scheduled to meet UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Prime Minister of Macedonia, Nikola Gruevski, Australian Minister for Trade and Investment, Andrew Robb and Danish Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation, Mogens Jensen, on the sidelines of the Summit.

In Ahemadabad, Lyonchhen will attend the Vibrant Gujarat Summit. Vibrant Gujarat Summit is a biennial investors’ summit held by the Government of Gujarat.

Lyonchhen will also visit a number of projects such as Kids City, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) and Solar Park. These projects are initiated by the Indian Prime Minister Modi.

Lyonchhen will also visit the Buddhist sites in Vadnagar.

While in Delhi, the Prime Minister will call on the Indian President, Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

He will also meet the Home, Defence, Finance, Power, Minister of State for Commerce and other senior officials of the Government of India.

Lyonchhen will visit the holy Buddhist and Hindu sites in Varanasi and Bodhgaya in January16-17.

In Bodhgaya, Lyonchhen will be presented with a sapling of the Bodhi tree as a gift by the people of India to the people of Bhutan.

The press release says this gift is highly symbolic as it has deep religious significance for the Bhutanese people and is being received when the country is celebrating the 60th Birth Anniversary of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo.

Lyonchhen will return to Bhutan on 18th January.

Lyonchhen will be accompanied by Foreign Minister, Rinzin Dorji, Economic Affairs Minister, Norbu Wangchuk and other senior officials of the Government.