Posted on 12/13/2020 6:31:30 PM PST by xomething
The Kingdom of Bhutan, a small Himalayan country with a majority Buddhist population, became the latest to establish full diplomatic relations with the State of Israel on Saturday night, just days after the Kingdom of Morocco did so.
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The Jerusalem Post reported:
Israel established full diplomatic relations with Bhutan for the first time on Saturday night.Ambassador to India Ron Malka and his Bhutanese counterpart Vetsop Namgyel signed the final agreement normalizing ties on Saturday night.
The countries’ foreign ministries held secret talks over the past year towards the goal of forging official ties, which included delegations between the two capitals Jerusalem and Thimphu.
The effort to make relations between the two countries was not connected to the Abraham Accords, in which four Arab countries – United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco – normalized ties with Israel in as many months, with American mediation.
The U.S. does not currently have diplomatic relations with Bhutan, which is considered isolated internationally as well as diplomatically.
However, recent tensions on the China-India border may have changed Bhutan’s thinking. (The country is sandwiched between the two.)
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I spent a month in Bhutan
Awesome little country
Stunningly wild and beautiful
Super friendly , smiling , people
Just need a 7-year covenant and for it to be confirmed
OK, Bhutan is not a Muslim country but Buddhist, but better than nothing.
Sounds cool
Good news.
Don’t expect Trump to get any recognition for this.
The times we live in are all screw up.
I did not think they had relations with anyone.
I’m pretty sure Buddhists or Tibet really likes Chabad, and Israel will be 50% Orthodox Jews by 2030. The Abraham Accords are looking extremely interesting now.
well, it is in the Himalayas .... ;^)
Highest unclimbed mountain in the world.
Wikipedia
Most sources indicate that Gangkhar Puensum (7,570 meters (24,840 ft)) in Bhutan or on the Bhutan–China border is the tallest mountain in the world that has yet to be fully summited. Gangkhar Puensum has been off limits to climbers since 1994 when Bhutan prohibited all mountaineering above 6,000 m (20,000 ft) due to spiritual/religious beliefs, and since 2003 mountaineering has been forbidden completely.
Bhutan still has Migur in its back country .
I went looking for them but did not find
You wouldn’t have a self-published book about it?
Last or most recent?
nope , just fond memories
Pedo Joe will have t9 bomb more countries and start more wars than Obama did if he wants to be “historic.”
All this peace Trump has given the world can not stand in the brave new Marxist world.
That will come soon enough.
Folks want ‘peace & safety’, oh...they’ll get it.
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