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Modi visits Bhutan to shore up India's position amid Chinese outreach

Thimphu keeping New Delhi 'in the loop' on boundary talks with Beijing, experts say

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Paro International Airport in Bhutan on March 22, paying a two-day state visit to the tiny but strategic Himalayan nation also courted by China.   © AFP/Jiji

NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bhutan on Friday, visiting to shore up ties with the Himalayan neighbor as rival China works to increase its influence there.

The trip, likely Modi's last foreign journey before he seeks a third term in India's weekslong general election starting April 19, comes about a week after he hosted the new Bhutanese prime minister, Tshering Tobgay, in New Delhi.

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