Pachauri highlights the urgent need for SAARC countries to cooperate on climate change; Bodo militants attack Royal Bhutan Army on March 14 in Sarpang district; Bhutan and Nepal discuss possibility of Preferential Trade Agreement
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    • Dr Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) visited Bhutan from March 13-15. He highlighted the urgent need for all South Asian countries to cooperate on the issue of climate change in the forthcoming SAARC Summit to be held in Thimpu. Dr. Pachauri also expressed an interest in setting up a centre of TERI at Thimpu.1

    Bodo militants attacked the Royal Bhutan Army on March 14 in Sarpang district. The militants however denied any links with the armed group that carried out the attack. Captured militants were handed over to Indian authorities at the Indo-Bhutan border.2

    Trade officials of Bhutan and Nepal met in Kathmandu on March 17 to discuss the possibility of signing a Preferential Trade Agreement between the two countries. Both sides agreed to carry out detailed negotiations later.3

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