India, April 20 -- Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck paid a visit to Assam on Saturday to view the facilities at the Inland Waterways Terminal (IWT) and the Multi Modal Logistics Park (MMLP) at Jogighopa.

The King was received by the Minister for Public Health Engineering and Housing & Urban Affairs, Government of Assam, Jayanta Malla Baruah.

The IWT at Jogighopa, which was inaugurated in February this year, is an important infrastructure project for economic development and enhancing connectivity in the region.

Diplomatic relations between India and Bhutan were established in 1968. The basic framework of India- Bhutan relations has been the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation signed in 1949 between the two countries, whic...