China Reaches Out To Bhutan, Sends First Delegation To Thimbphu After Doklam Standoff hindustantimes.com

The two sides exchanged views on China-Bhutan ties, and also the boundary issue, and reached many agreements, said an official.

China has invited Bhutan to join the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and share its “development dividend”, Beijing said on Tuesday, a day after a senior Chinese minister visited Thimphu and held talks with the Bhutanese leadership on wide-ranging issues including the disputed border.

The ministry of foreign affairs (MFA) did not confirm it on Tuesday but it is understood that vice-foreign minister Kong Xuanyou discussed the situation along the China-Bhutan-India border in Doklam.“The two sides exchanged views on China-Bhutan ties, and also the boundary issue, and reached many agreements,” Geng Shuang, MFA spokesperson, said at the regular briefing on Tuesday.

China’s envoy to India, Luo Zhaohui, was part of the discussions.