Assam CM Sarma on 4-Day Bhutan Visit, to Attend National Day as Chief Guest
First Published: 16th December, 2024 17:59 IST
CM Sarma will be going to Tashichö Dzong, the palace, for an audience with His Majesty the King and Her Majesty Queen Jetsun Pema.
Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma will be arriving in Bhutan today on a four-day official visit at the invitation of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
Chief Minister Sarma will be landing at Paro by 3 pm today. Soon after landing at the Paro airport, CM Sarma, accompanied by his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, Chairperson of Pride East Group, North eastern India’s largest media conglomerate, will take a 45-minute drive to Bhutan’s capital Thimphu where he will host a business event to be attended by Bhutan Prime Minsiter Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Bhutan’s Foreign Minister, Power Minister, Minister for Trade and Commerce and Chairperson of the Royal Privy Council.
100 top Bhutanese business leaders, government officials and opinion makers would be present too. Theevent is to give them and introduction to the Infrastructure and Investment Summit, Advantage Assam 2.0, that Assam is hosting in February next year to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Later today, Chief Minister Sarma will attend the dinner to be hosted by Sudhakar Dalela, India’s Ambassador to Bhutan.
Tomorrow at 8:15 AM (IST), Chief Minister Sarma will arrive at the Changlimithang Grounds to attend the Bhutan National Day. CM Sarma has been invited by Bhutan King His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck to be the Chief Guest at the National Day celebrations.
Later tomorrow, CM Sharma will call on Bhutan Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay and attend the lunch to be hosted by PM Tobgay.
After this, CM Sarma will be going to Tashichö Dzong, the palace, for an audience with His Majesty the King and Her Majesty Queen Jetsun Pema.
A ceremonial procession will lead CM Sarma to the palace.
On Wednesday, December 18, CM Sarma will meet the 4th King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck.
Later in the day, CM Sarma will be given a presentation by Dr Lotay Tshering, Governor of Gelephu Mindfulness City.
The same night CM Sarma will attend a Royal banquet.
CM Sarma will depart from Bhutan for India on December 19.
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