Amid Doklam controversy, Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck meets PM Modi

Against the backdrop of renewed focus on the Doklam issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck on Tuesday sketched a five-point broad roadmap to expand the "time-tested" relations besides delving into respective national security interests.

The talks between Modi and the visiting king took place days after Bhutan's Prime Minister Lotay Tshering said that China has an equal say in resolving



the border dispute relating to the strategically-located Doklam tri-junction.

When asked at a media briefing whether the Doklam issue figured in the talks, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said India-Bhutan ties are based on mutual respect, trust, close understanding and sensitivity to each other's concerns, adding Modi and the king covered the entire gamut of bilateral cooperation including issues of "respective national interests".