Foreign Secretary of India Vikram Misri and his Bhutanese counterpart, Dasho Pema Lektup Dorji, co-chaired the fifth India-Bhutan Development Cooperation Talks in Thimphu yesterday, reviewing the implementation of India-supported projects under Bhutan’s 13th Five-Year Plan.
According to the Indian Embassy in Thimphu, the talks focused evaluating the ground-level implementation of India-backed development projects spanning multiple sectors, illustrating the extensive scope of the strategic growth partnership shared by the two countries.
Bhutan appreciated India for its continued support toward the country’s socio-economic development and acknowledged New Delhi’s contribution to its national development goals. India and Bhutan established diplomatic relations in 1968.
