While the Congress claimed that there has been “unwavering Indian and Bhutanese contention that the tri-junction of India lies at Batang La, and not at Mount Gipmochi as the Chinese claim”, the reality is a bit more nuanced.
Bhutan prime minister Lotay Tshering recently said that all three countries India, China, and Bhutan have equal say in resolving the Doklam plateau dispute. This remark raises speculation about a deal that Thimphu may have agreed to with Beijing at the expense of New Delhi
Just a week after China and Bhutan held a meeting and decided to push forward boundary negotiations, India's Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra made a two-day visit to the Buddhist kingdom.
Bhutan's Foreign Minister Dr Tandi Dorji, in an exclusive interaction with WION has said that his country discussion railway connectivity with India, something that will "integrate trade and commerce". This is the first ever public acknowledgement in years of the talks of railway connectivity between the two countries. Speaking to our Principal Diplomatic Correspondent Sidhant Sibal, the minister also dismissed reports of Chinese intrusions inside Bhutan’s territory and maintained that "Royal Government has categorically denied these reports on several occasions."