Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Bhutan later this month in
his first foreign visit after assuming power, reports said on Thursday.
Modi will be travelling to Bhutan and will hold talks on key
bilateral and regional issues with the leadership of the Himalayan
nation, top government sources said.
Sources said that an official team will be leaving for Thimphu on Friday to work out the relevant logistics and do the ground work for PM's visit.
The visit is set to take place after the ongoing Parliament session ends, possibly in mid June.
Modi’s calendar was worked upon and once his schedule was cleared, the trip was planned.
Of all the countries that had invited him, sources said PM Modi was keen to begin by visiting a neighbouring country. And although Nepal and Pakistan figured high on the list, Bhutan was chosen above all countries.
Nepal would be hosting the SAARC summit later this year, hence Bhutan became the first country on Modi's tour diary.
Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay, Prime Minister of Bhutan, had met PM Narendra Modi at Hyderabad House after the latter's swearing-in recently and invited him to the Himalayan kingdom.
Modi is also likely to travel to Brazil to participate in the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) summit in mid July.
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