Nepal seeks Indian help to resolve Bhutanese refugee crisis
Nepal is seeking Indian help to resolve the problem of Bhutanese refugees languishing in eastern Nepal for more than a decade, officials said yesterday.
A seven-member team led by Bhutanese refugee leader Tek Nath Rijal met with Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Monday to press their demands to be repatriated.
"The prime minister said that he has been in regular touch with India and is seeking Indian government's help to resolve the refugee crisis," Balram Poudel, the chairman of the exiled Bhutan People's Party, told AFP.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. But he quoted the prime minister as saying that New Delhi continues to view the crisis as a "bilateral issue between Nepal and Bhutan".
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