Last May 27, India’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) shakes hands with visiting Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay during a meeting in New Delhi. Modi will step up a charm offensive with India’s neighbors in the hope of stopping them falling into China’s embrace, when he travels from Sunday to Bhutan on his first foreign trip since becoming prime minister. AFP PHOTO
Last May 27, India’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) shakes hands with visiting Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay during a meeting in New Delhi. Modi will step up a charm offensive with India’s neighbors in the hope of stopping them falling into China’s embrace, when he travels from Sunday to Bhutan on his first foreign trip since becoming prime minister. AFP PHOTO

NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi will step up a charm offensive with India’s neighbors in the hope of stopping them falling into China’s embrace when he travels next week to Bhutan on his first foreign trip since becoming prime minister.

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