Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bhutan on March 21-22 is being considered very important amid the busyness of Lok Sabha elections.
This is being seen as an attempt to deepen relations with the new government of Bhutan. This visit will also be a message for China, which is continuously trying to increase its dominance in India’s neighboring countries.
Bhutan holds an important place for India in the times of tension with China. A part of Bhutan lies between China and India, hence it acts as a buffer state for India.
In recent years, China has also tried to increase its interference there. Doklam incident is the biggest example of this. A border agreement was also signed between China and Bhutan during the tenure of the previous government.
India is closely monitoring these activities.
In fact, PDP (People’s Democratic Party) has won the elections held in January in Bhutan and Tshering Tobgay has become the Prime Minister.
It is significant that after becoming the Prime Minister, the first thing he decided to do was to visit India. He is on a visit to India till 18 March. On Thursday, when Prime Minister Modi was invited to visit Bhutan, he immediately accepted it.
message to china
It is believed that through this visit, while Modi will deepen relations with Bhutan, he will also try to give a clear message to China that India stands strongly with its neighboring countries in Asia.
Although the detailed details of his program have not been released yet, there is a possibility of many important agreements being signed during this period.
Let us tell you that after becoming Prime Minister in 2014, Modi first visited Bhutan. After this, in 2019 also he went on a visit to Bhutan.