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The Prime Minister of India,Narendra Modi, meeting the Prime Minister of Bhutan, Tshering Tobgay, at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on July 06, 2018 The bilateral relations between the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan and the Republic of India have been traditionally close and both countries share a "special relationship", [1] [2] making Bhutan a protected state, but not a protectorate, of India. [3]
Map showing India and Bhutan. Light green regions are disputed areas. ... Talk:Bhutan–India relations; Metadata. This file contains additional information, probably ...
Bhutan was the first country to recognize Indian independence and renewed the age old treaty with the new government in 1949, including a clause that India would assist Bhutan in foreign relations. On 8 February 2007, the Indo-Bhutan Friendship Treaty [ 13 ] was substantially revised under the Bhutanese King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck .
The Bhutan–India border is the open international border separating the Kingdom of Bhutan from the Republic of India. The border is 699 km (434 m) long, and adjoins the Indian states of Assam (267 km; 166 m), Arunachal Pradesh (217 km; 135 m), West Bengal (183 km; 114 m), and Sikkim (32 km; 20 m).
Bhutan and India signed a 'free trade' accord in 2008, which additionally allowed Bhutanese imports and exports from third markets to transit India without tariffs. [147] Bhutan had trade relations with the Tibet Autonomous Region of China until 1960, when it closed its border with China after an influx of refugees. [148]
Location map. Politics portal; Bhutan portal; India portal ... Bhutan–India relations; 0–9. 2003 South Bhutan clashes; 2017 China–India border standoff; B.
India shares land borders with six sovereign nations. The state's Ministry of Home Affairs also recognizes a 106 kilometres (66 mi) land border with a seventh nation, Afghanistan, as part of its claim on the Kashmir region; however, this is disputed and the region bordering Afghanistan has been administered by Pakistan as part of Gilgit-Baltistan since 1947 (see Durand Line).
Thus, the Indian version of the McMahon Line moves the Bhutan-China-India trijunction north to 27°51'30"N from 27°45'40"N. [9] India would claim that the treaty map ran along features such as Thag La ridge, though the actual treaty map itself is topographically vague (as the treaty was not accompanied with demarcation) in places, shows a ...