‘India Very Generous’: Bhutan Minister Gurung Hails Cross-Border Connectivity | Sagarmanthan 2026
Description: How can landlocked economies strengthen their connections to global maritime trade?
Bhutan's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Chandra Bahadur Gurung, discusses with Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, the importance of regional cooperation and ground-level partnerships for a landlocked country like Bhutan to fully benefit from the global maritime economy. In this session, Gurung also emphasises that "mindfulness" is at the core of everything the Himalayan country undertakes.
Watch the full video on Firstpost in collaboration with ORF.
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00:00 — Bhutan’s Maritime Connectivity
02:35 — Building Better Connectivity
04:50 — India’s Role in Bhutan
06:53 — Regional Cooperation
08:58 — Digitising Border Trade
10:35 — GMC and Economic Growth
14:27 — Connecting Bhutan to the World
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Bhutan's Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Chandra Bahadur Gurung, discusses with Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy, Associate Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, the importance of regional cooperation and ground-level partnerships for a landlocked country like Bhutan to fully benefit from the global maritime economy. In this session, Gurung also emphasises that "mindfulness" is at the core of everything the Himalayan country undertakes.
Watch the full video on Firstpost in collaboration with ORF.
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00:00 — Bhutan’s Maritime Connectivity
02:35 — Building Better Connectivity
04:50 — India’s Role in Bhutan
06:53 — Regional Cooperation
08:58 — Digitising Border Trade
10:35 — GMC and Economic Growth
14:27 — Connecting Bhutan to the World
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India | Bhutan | Chandra Bahadur Gurung | India Bhutan relations | Bhutan connectivity | bilateral ties | regional connectivity | South Asia | India Bhutan partnership | infrastructure | diplomacy | regional cooperation | Bhutan development | cross-border connectivity | Sagarmanthan Dialogue | Maritime Summit | Maritime Conference | Firstpost
#india #bhutan #chandrabahadurgurung #indiabhutan #connectivity #bilateralties #southasia #regionalconnectivity #diplomacy #infrastructure #regionalcooperation #bhutandevelopment #crossborderconnectivity #foreignpolicy #indiabhutanrelations #firstpost #orf #sagarmanthan
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