Thimphu, April 28 (Inditop.com) Political antagonism may have kept Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani from meeting more often, but the leaders will be neighbours during their two-day stay in the Bhutanese capital.
Amid suspense over their possible bilateral meet, the two leaders have been housed in villas just metres away from each other at the SAARC Village here.
An op-ed article in a Thimphu tabloid, Bhutan Today, wondered if “it is the primitive, rustic but effective Bhutanese trick” to force Singh and Gilani to meet at least like neighbours.
How can they ignore each other when all the state heads in the village will greet each other like “good” neighbours, the tabloid asked tongue-in-cheek as India-Pakistan ties once overshadowed a SAARC summit.
