Sushma Swaraj meets Bhutanese foreign ministerin the midst of Dokalam standoff

Kathmandu, Aug 11 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met her Bhutanese partner Damcho Dorji here and is comprehended to have talked about two-sided issues, in the midst of the standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in the Dokalam region of the Sikkim division.

Both the pioneers are here to go to a meeting of foreign ministers from the nations of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), a gathering of nations in South Asia and South East Asia.

Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal are members from the BIMSTEC.

"Time with a close friend and neighbor. The outside issues serve meets with remote pastor of Bhutan Damcho Dorji on sidelines of BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers' meet," Ministry of External Affairs representative Raveesh Kumar tweeted and furthermore posted a photo of the meeting.

Despite the fact that there was no official word on with respect to what was examined between the two pioneers, the meeting comes in the setting of the present standoff in Dokalam - a trijunction between India, China and Bhutan.

India and China have been secured a go head to head in the Doklam region of the Sikkim division since June 16 after Indian troops halted the Chinese People's Liberation Army from building a road in the area.