The US Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Ms Eilen R Sauerbrey, will be in the kingdom on a four-day official visit from November 4 – 7.

Ms Sauerbrey will be accompanied by officials from the State Department and the U.S Embassy in New Delhi.

Ms Sauerbrey will call on the prime minister and other senior government officials to discuss matters on mutual interest during her stay in the country.

Ms Sauerbrey became Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration in January 2006, Ms Sauerbrey’s visit will further contribute towards strengthening of cordial and friendly relations between Bhutan and the United States, a foreign ministry official said. Source: Kuenselonline