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On November 1, the Indian Prime Minister, together with Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, inaugurated the first railway line between the northeastern states of India and Bangladesh. The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding to develop this route in 2013, with financial assistance from New Delhi. He participated in strategies to strengthen connectivity between India and its neighboring countries.
With a population of 700,000, Bhutan, which we know primarily for its national happiness, an index that aims to measure the level of well-being of its people, is currently a concern for its two main neighbors, India and China. This is proven by the welcome speech given by the Prime Minister of India to his king Jigme Khesar Wangchuck. If Narendra Modi placed great emphasis on the “unique bonds of friendship and cooperation” between the two countries, this was not only to recall the long history of the two countries, but also to express his concerns regarding the possibility of rapprochement between Thimphu and Beijing. Indeed, Bhutan is the only country in South Asia with which China is absent and does not have formal diplomatic relations. This may change as the Bhutanese people are reportedly close to resolving their differences with the Chinese people on the western and northern borders and agreeing to establish formal relations with them.
