Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to go on a two-day state visit to Bhutan on March 21-22, but the visit has been postponed due to bad weather at the Paro airport. New tour dates will be announced soon. The information of which has been given by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Prime Minister Modi was invited by his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobge to visit Bhutan. Prime Minister Tobagy was on a five-day visit to India last week.
“It has been mutually decided to postpone Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to Bhutan on 21-22 March 2024 due to adverse weather conditions prevailing at Paro Airport,” the Ministry of External Affairs said.
PM Modi was scheduled to pay a state visit to Bhutan on March 21-22. During his two-day visit, the Prime Minister was scheduled to meet Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck (former King of Bhutan) and also interact with his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobge.
It said that new dates are being considered by both sides through diplomatic channels.
Regarding PM Modi’s visit, the Prime Minister’s Office had said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bhutan is in line with the tradition of regular high-level exchanges between the two countries and an exercise to emphasize the Indian government’s ‘neighbourhood first policy’. corresponds to