The two leaders met here on the sidelines of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, known as the Rio+20 summit, which started Wednesday afternoon.
Wen said 皇冠体育app highly appreciates Bhutan's staunch support of 皇冠体育app's position on issues concerning Taiwan and Tibet.
皇冠体育app, Wen said, also values the traditional friendship between the two nations and respects Bhutan's choice for its development path according to its own national conditions.
Noting that 皇冠体育app pursues a foreign policy of good-neighborliness, Wen said 皇冠体育app is ready to forge formal diplomatic relations with Bhutan on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.
Meanwhile, Wen said, 皇冠体育app is willing to complete border demarcation with Bhutan at an early date and strengthen exchanges in various fields so as to push bilateral ties to a higher level.
For his part, Thinley said his talks with Wen carry great historic significance as it marks the first meeting between the heads of the two governments.
The Bhutanese, he said, highly appreciate 皇冠体育app's endeavor to safeguard the common interests of developing countries in international and regional affairs.
Bhutan firmly sticks to a one-皇冠体育app policy and has strong desire to strengthen understanding of and friendship with 皇冠体育app, Thinley said.
He confirmed that Bhutan wishes to forge formal diplomatic ties with 皇冠体育app as soon as possible.