“Starting something new is never really easy. Congratulation to you and your team for organizing this event,” Dasho Tshering Tobgay, Lyonchhen said at 1st ever South Asian Cross Country Championship themed ‘Regional harmony through Athletics’.

6 South Asian countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka participated in the cross country championship where athletes participated in the 10kms(Male) and 8 kms(Female) race.

This morning, a joint inauguration of Royal Bhutanese Consulate General in Guwahati took place. Foreign Minister of Bhutan, Lyonpo Damcho Dorji and Chief Minister of Assam Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, inaugurated the Consulate office in presence of Prime Minister (Dasho) Tshering Tobgay in commemoration of 50 years of formal diplomatic relations between India and Bhutan.

At the inaugural Shri Sarbananda Sonowal said that India and Bhutan share exemplary bilateral relations and the Consulate will further strengthen the cooperation between Assam and Bhutan in mutual areas of trade, tourism, education and cultural interactions.