Bhutan-Nepal talk refugee issue

KATHMANDU, May 29 – Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli has called on the Bhutan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Khandu Wangchuck at Kuala Lampur on Monday.

According to the Nepal’s national news agency, Rastriya Samachar Samittee, the two leaders met on the sidelines of the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement, being held at Putrajaya International Convention Centre in Malaysia.

During the meeting, Nepalese DPM Oli expressed the view that the new Government of Nepal was eager to make a fresh beginning in the bilateral talks between the two countries to bring an end to the long festering problem of exiled Bhutanese in Nepal once and for all, the agency reported.

The bilateral talk between the Nepalese and Bhutanese governments has been halted since 2001 due to political instability in Nepal. Bhutanese in exile have been pressing the Nepalese authority to withdraw from bilateral negotiations and hand over the issue to the international community immediately. Bhutan News Service