India and Bhutan MoU for Environment
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India and Bhutan inked an MoU for developing cooperation between two countries in the area of environment.
Key Facts
- The MoU was signed virtually by Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change from the Indian side and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairperson of the National Environment Commission from the Bhutanese side.
- MoU will open new vistas of bilateral co-operation in the area of climate change, waste management etc.
- India wants to engage with Bhutan on environmental related issues including climate change.
- MoU is a platform to further enhance Indian and Bhutanese partnership and support, exchange best practices in areas like prevention of Air Pollution, Waste Management, Chemical Management, Climate Change, etc.
- It also provides the possibility to have joint projects in areas of mutual interest.
- The MoU will also strengthen technological, scientific and management capabilities and expand the areas of cooperation in the field of environment to promote a mutually beneficial partnership between the two countries.
India and Bhutan
- The border is 699 km long.
- Bhutan shares border with the Indian states of Assam (267 km), Arunachal Pradesh (217 km), West Bengal (183 km) and Sikkim (32 km; 20 m).
- India and Bhutan share uniquely warm and special relations founded on mutual trust and understanding.
- The India-Bhutan Friendship Treaty signed and ratified by the two countries in 2007 forms the basic framework of our relations.
- India and Bhutan share a common perception of their strategic interests and cooperate closely on security issues and border management.
- India is Bhutan’s largest trade and development partner and source of supplies of most of the essential commodities imported by Bhutan.
- Development of hydropower in Bhutan has been the centre-piece of the bilateral cooperation.
- India supporting Bhutan to prepares its people for the information technology age, it is reaching out beyond its traditional sectors of agriculture and hydropower.
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