KATHMANDU: Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Y Thinley arrived on a brief trip to pay a tribute to the late Nepali Congress president and former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s 13th day death ritual, on Thursday.

Energy Minister Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat received the PM at the Tribhuvan International Airport.

Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal met his Bhutanese counterpart at the former's office at Singha Durbar. The two PMs discussed the bilateral relations of the countries.

Thinley also visited Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Sujata Koirala at her residence in Mandikhatar to pay homage to her late father GPK.

Thinley is scheduled to return to his homeland in the evening.