Prime Minister Narendra Modi - on his first foreign visit to Bhutan after taking over the post -- received a red carpet welcome at the Thimphu airport today.<br /><br />Next on Mr Modi's agenda is a ceremonial guard of honour which is expected to be an extremely colourful programme.<br /><br />Later, the Prime Minister will hold a one-on-one meeting with Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. He will then inaugurate one of India's assistance projects -- the building of the Supreme Court of Bhutan.<br /><br />The Prime Minister will address a joint session of Parliament on Monday, and speculation is rife on whether he will do so in Hindi, a language understood by most people in this landlocked country.<br /><br />Mr Modi will then go on to lay the foundation stone of the 600 MW Kholongchu hydropower project.<br /><br />The Prime Minister had made it clear that strengthening relations with member-nations of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation or SAARC was going to be the primary focus of his foreign policy initiative.<br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit : http://www.newsx.com/<br />Connect with us on Social platform at : http://www.facebook.com/newsxonline<br />Subscribe to our YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/newsxlive
