{"id":314682,"date":"2019-08-17T04:06:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T04:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=314682"},"modified":"2019-08-17T04:06:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T04:06:11","slug":"pm-modi-leaves-for-two-day-state-visit-to-bhutan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-leaves-for-two-day-state-visit-to-bhutan\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi leaves for two-day state visit to Bhutan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314683 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/narendra-modi-bhutan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/08\/narendra-modi-bhutan.jpg 375w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/08\/narendra-modi-bhutan-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/08\/narendra-modi-bhutan-311x420.jpg 311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for a two-day state visit to Bhutan. This is PM Modi&#8217;s second visit to Bhutan and the first since his re-election as the Prime Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThe Prime Minister emplanes for Bhutan. During this important visit, PM will take part in several programmes. This visit would further cement the bond between India and Bhutan,\u201d Prime Minister\u2019s office said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prior to his departure, PM Modi said, \u201cI will be on a State Visit to Bhutan on 17-18 August 2019.\u00a0My visit to Bhutan in the beginning of the current term reflects the high importance that the Government attaches to India\u2019s relations with Bhutan, our trusted friend and neighbour.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIndia and Bhutan enjoy excellent bilateral ties exemplified by our extensive development partnership, mutually beneficial hydro-power co-operation, and strong trade and economic linkages.\u00a0 These are, reinforced by a shared spiritual heritage and robust people-to-people ties,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIndia-Bhutan partnership today is of a special character and substance and forms an important pillar of Government of India\u2019s \u2018Neighbourhood First\u2019 policy,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Modi said, \u201cI look forward to having fruitful discussions with the King, the Fourth Druk Gyalpo and the Prime Minister of Bhutan on the entire gamut of our bilateral relations. I also look forward to addressing young Bhutanese students at the prestigious Royal University of Bhutan.\u00a0\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI am confident that my visit will promote our time-tested and valued friendship with Bhutan and consolidate it further for the prosperous future and progress of the people of both our countries,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for a two-day state visit to Bhutan. This is PM Modi&#8217;s second visit to Bhutan and the first since his re-election as the Prime Minister. \u201cThe Prime Minister emplanes for Bhutan. During this important visit, PM will take part in several programmes. This visit would further cement the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":314683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[4882,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314684,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314682\/revisions\/314684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/314683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}