Returning home
The prime minister, in his State of the Nation address, reporting to the Parliament on foreign relations:
My trips to India, Japan and Italy this year were also very useful in deepening our relations with these countries.
I agree. But, the prime minister understated his international travel account. The following, in fact, is a record of his trips outside Bhutan during the 2009-2010 fiscal year:
- July 2009: Goodwill trip to India
- August 2009: Fukuoka, Japan to deliver address on GNH
- November 2009: Itaipu, Brazil to deliver address on GNH
- February 2010: Delhi, India to attend Sustainable Development Summit
- February 2010: Mumbai, India to attend World HRD Congress
- April 2010: Kathmandu, Nepal to attend 13th day ritual of the Late G.P Koirala
- April 2010: Kochi City, Japan to deliver address on GNH
- June 2010: Trento, Italy to deliver a talk on GNH at the Festival of Economics
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Tshering Tobgay is the president of the People's Democratic Party. He served as opposition leader from 2008 to 2013 and prime minister from 2013 to 2018.