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Article: We are ready to join hands with Bhutan: PM
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- The Hindustan Times
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- May 16, 2008
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Hindustan Times
NEW DELHI, India, May 16 -- Away from the hustle-bustle of Indian politics, terrorist attacks and the scorching Delhi weather, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh landed in the pristine Paro Valley on Friday, singing paeans to Indo-Bhutanese relations.
This is Manmohan Singh's first bilateral visit to a south Asian neighbour in four years and comes exactly 50 years after India's first PM, Jawaharlal Nehru - with daughter Indira in tow - reached the capital of the Himalayan kingdom, travelling on horseback and yakback. Nehru spent a month in the country. Singh - who travelled much more comfortably - will spend two days in the country.
"The India-Bhutan relationship is a model of ...