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19 June 2014, AFP

India’s Modi heads to Bhutan to woo neighbours

Amit Bhandari, Energy and Environment Fellow, Gateway House highlights the significance shown by the Narendra Modi-led government in boosting India's ties with Bhutan

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India’s Narendra Modi arrived in Bhutan Sunday on his first foreign trip since becoming prime minister, stepping up a charm offensive with neighbours to try to check China’s influence in the region. The Hindu nationalist premier was met at the airport by his Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay at the start of a two-day visit to the tiny Buddhist kingdom, a month after his landslide election victory.