India’s Narendra Modi received a grand welcome to Bhutan Sunday on his first foreign trip as prime minister, as he steps up a charm offensive with neighbours to try to check China’s regional influence.
The Hindu nationalist premier was greeted at the airport by his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay and a ceremonial guard of honour at the start of a two-day visit to the tiny Buddhist kingdom, a month after his landslide election victory.Ahead of his visit, Modi said relations with Bhutan would be “a key foreign policy priority’ of his government.”CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE