He was asked that if Bhutan was not bound by India’s advice in foreign affairs and was a sovereign, independent nation, what inhibited it from having normal diplomatic relations with China? He said the Communist ideology practised in Beijing was incompatible with Buddhism.This was considerable journey from 1971 when Bhutan opened its mission at the UN in 1971.” But the graziers had penetrated deeper this year “for reasons which are truly difficult to analyse”. “Moreover, our survey department is still in its infancy and we are in the process of building it up.Since 1964, the Tibetans had been offered Bhutanese citizenship so they could be moved from the separate settlements and integrated with the Bhutanese people.

The two countries have not had serious difficulties or differences in the interpretation of Article 2. And yet, the P-5 were discouraged from having missions in Thimphu because the Chinese would have to be a part of that concert.Thumbing through old files in the context of hotel supply manufacturers the India-China standoff on Doklan, a headline caught my eye: “Need for talks with China: Bhutan King”.He said much had happened since 1949.” However, New Delhi had agreed to make available such documents as might be useful in presenting Bhutan’s case. But on one pretext or the other, they had resisted assimilation.While emphasising that a demarcated, internationally recognised border between Bhutan and China was an imperative, the king added that no definite decision on holding talks had yet been taken either by him or by the National Assembly.

Since Vietnam had militarily forced Pol Pot out of Phnom Penh, replacing him with Heng Samrin, Moscow’s proxies, Vietnam included, were manoeuvring in his favour. He spoke on a range of issues ranging from Tibetans in Bhutan “forming a state within a state”, to the need for revising the treaty of 1949 which has so far guided Indo-Bhutanese relations..The Government of Bhutan’s view is that “to leave the border undemarcated would be to the disadvantage of Bhutan in the long run. “And now we have proof they are paying taxes to Dharamsala and their representatives are attending their own assembly in that retreat”. The dateline is September 11, 1979.

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