The Bhutan Prime Minister Lyonchhen Jigmi Thinley has expressed satisfaction over the security cooperation between the neighbouring Assam and his country. He told reporters in Guwahati airport that law breakers from Assam, especially rebel groups, will not be allowed to take refuge in his country. He mentioned that the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) had stopped setting up bases in Bhutan after the all clear operation launched by his country few years back. Thinley was talking to reporters during his brief stop over at Guwahati airport en-route to Sandrup Jhankhar in the Himalayan Kingdom bordering Assam yesterday. He said the Royal Bhutan Government is at present operating bi-weekly flights via Guwahati and this will create opportunities for closer and more productive cooperation between Assam and Bhutan. He was received at the airport by the Assam Water Resources Minister Mr. Prithvi Majhi besides the State Director General of Police Mr. Shankar Baruah and the Central West Range Inspector General of Police Mr. Pallab Bhattacharyya, among others.