His Majesty grants audience to Indian Cabinet Secretary

5 March 2010

His Majesty the King granted audience to visiting cabinet secretary of India, Mr K M Chandrasekhar, today.

The cabinet secretary also called on Prime Minister, besides meeting his Bhutanese counterpart.

Discussing a gamut of issues with the Prime Minister, Mr K M Chandrasekhar, who is on his first visit to the kingdom, described Bhutan as a “happening place” with great concepts and ideas on development.

The great thing about Bhutan is that it takes ideas, adapts them to its culture and requirements,” he told Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley.

India and Bhutan, he said, shared common ideas and thinking process, learned from each other and were both committed to uplifting the poorest of the poor.

“India is deeply bound in the development process Bhutan has decided for itself,” he said. Wherever we can be of help, whichever field, India’s doors are open to Bhutan.”

The Prime Minister said Bhutan was happy to have received many historic visits from India over the past two years, leaders from the government, public and private sectors all driven towards exploring and deepening the cooperation between the two countries.

He said the credit for much of what has happened in Bhutan goes to the generosity of India which has supported in every sphere of Bhutan’s development, including during its transition to democracy.

A while earlier, the Bhutanese cabinet secretary, Dasho Tashi Phuntsho, and Mr K M Chandrasekhar discussed how India possibly could be of help to Bhutan in strengthening the roles and responsibilities of the office of the cabinet secretary.

He will deliver a talk on the subject “Functions of Cabinet, Committee of Secretaries and Relationship between Bureaucracy and Politicians” at the Tarayana Conference Hall in Thimphu tomorrow.

He is scheduled to leave Bhutan on Sunday.

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