Ljubljana (Slovenia), Sep 18 (IANS): The Kingdom of Bhutan has become the 185th country to forge diplomatic ties with Slovenia.
Slovenian Ambassador to the UN Sanja Stiglic and her Bhutanese counterpart Lhatu Wangchuk signed a joint statement Friday establishing diplomatic relations, Xinhua reported quoting the foreign ministry.
Declared independence from former Yugoslavia in June 1991, Slovenia covers 20,273 sq km and has a population of about two million. It is today a member state of both the European Union and the NATO, in addition to the UN.
Bhutan is a landlocked kingdom located at the eastern end of the Himalayas in South Asia, bordering with China and India. Its territory stretches over 38,000 sq km. Its population is about 700,000.