Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake his first visit to Bhutan, possibly in the third week of this month.
Indian Express reported online on Thursday that an official team will be leaving for Thimphu on Friday to set up the visit and work out the relevant logistics.
The decision was taken over the past few days during which Modi's tour calender was worked out, the Indian daily said citing government sources.
There was much speculations that Nepal would be Modi's first choice, given that PM Sushil Koirala had made a strong pitch for an early visit when the two met after his inauguration as new Indian PM.
The BJP leader is said to be interested in visiting Pashupatinath temple.
No Indian PM has come to Nepal on a proper bilateral visit since Indra Kumar Gujral's visit in the late 1990s. Nepal will now have to wait until November to welcome Modi when the country hosts the 18th Saarc Summit.
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