A thousand butter lamps had been lit on the ceremony held in Thimphu’s Kuenrey of Tashichhodzong that was led by the King.
Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck on Saturday attended the funeral of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, a day after main the Himalayan nation in providing prayers for the Indian chief at a Buddhist monastery in Thimphu. Separate prayer ceremonies had been held for the former Indian prime minister in any respect 20 Dzongkhags or districts of Bhutan, in response to the Bhutan authorities. As a mark of respect to Singh, Bhutan’s nationwide flag was flown at half-mast throughout the nation and at its embassies, and consulates overseas, in response to the Royal Bhutan authorities.
A thousand butter lamps had been lit on the ceremony held in Thimphu’s Kuenrey of Tashichhodzong that was led by the King. The prayer was attended by Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Indian ambassador Sudhakar Dalela, a number of members of the Royal household and senior officers of the Bhutanese authorities. “As a mark of respect to the late former prime minister and in solidarity with the government and people of India, all national flags across the country and at Bhutan’s embassies, missions, and consulates abroad are being flown at half-mast,” the Bhutanese authorities stated in a social media submit on Friday. On Saturday, King Wangchuck paid wealthy tributes to Singh at his funeral on the Nigambodh Ghat public cremation floor in Delhi. Singh, who served because the prime minister from 2004 to 2014 and broadly often known as the architect of India’s financial reforms, died on Thursday night time on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
He was 92. India’s relations with a number of key international locations together with Bhutan noticed vital upswing throughout Singh’s prime ministership. India and Bhutan take pleasure in robust bonds of friendship based mostly on goodwill, belief and mutually useful cooperation. The fundamental framework of India-Bhutan relations is the ‘Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation’ signed in 1949. It was renewed in February 2007 when Singh was the prime minister. The cooperation in the hydro-power sector is without doubt one of the cornerstones of the relations. The ongoing cooperation between India and Bhutan in the hydro-power sector is roofed below the 2006 bilateral settlement for cooperation and its Protocol signed in 2009. The pact and the protocol had been inked throughout Singh’s tenure because the prime minister.
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