Bhutan Panorama

Bhutan-India Relations
The Golden Jubilee of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between
the two countries was celebrated in 2018. Major General Vetsop Namgyel is the
Ambassador of Bhutan to India, and H.E. Mr. Sudhakar Dalela is the Ambassador of India
to Bhutan.
Bhutan and India enjoy strong bonds of friendship based on genuine goodwill, trust and
mutually beneficial cooperation. His Majesty Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, the Third King of
Bhutan, and India’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, were the chief
architects who laid strong foundations for Bhutan-India relations. Successive leaders of
the two countries have nurtured and further strengthened the special relations over the
past many decades, and it is today a model of friendly bilateral relations between two
neighbours.