Bhutan
Talks (Bilateral/Multilateral):2007

On February 8, India and Bhutan signed a revised version of the 57-year-old friendship treaty giving the latter more freedom in the crucial areas of foreign policy and non-lethal military purchases, reports Hindustan Times. The updated treaty was signed between the two sides at Hyderabad House in New Delhi after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Bhutan's king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk held talks on a wide array of bilateral and global issues. The revised treaty has rewritten Articles 2 and 6 of the 1949 document and gives Thimphu more freedom to pursue its foreign policy and in the purchase of non-lethal military equipment as long as such decisions do not damage India's vital strategic interests. The old treaty was signed in Darjeeling August 8, 1949. Read less...