Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck arrived at Guwahati on November 3 on a three-day visit to Assam.
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The Bhutanese King was received by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other state government and central officials.
The Bhutanese King and his entourage arrived at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) airport in Guwahati by a special Druk Air flight.
“After spending the first day in Guwahati with various engagements, he will go to Kaziranga on Saturday. The King will spend a night there too and then proceed to New Delhi from Jorhat on Sunday for the next leg of India trip,” said Dasho Tsering Wangda, vice-president of Bhutan India Friendship Association.
The King will be attending a dinner hosted by Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria in his honour on November 3 and fly to Jorhat the next morning for a Kaziranga National Park visit.
There is a deep-rooted friendship between Assam and Bhutan. Assam, which shares a 267 km boundary with Bhutan, shares a unique relationship with the neighboring country.
