The signing of MoU between China and Bhutan over expediting negotiations on their boundary dispute has made India cautiously note the development as it itself faces standoff with China on the Line of Actual Control.
This development would further keep India’s focus on the neighbourhood, especially in the Himalayan countries of Bhutan and Nepal. India nurtures close ties with Bhutan’s political parties and the ruling BJP has of late warmed up to Nepal’s political parties, particularly the current ruling coalition under the grand old Nepali Congress (NC).