India again tries to clean its hands

New Delhi, June 01:  Amid rising demand that India have to play role in finding solution of the Bhutanese political crisis, India on Friday said the issue related with the exiled Bhutanese is a bilateral one between Nepal and Bhutan and hoped that both countries would be able to resolve the crisis soon.

In a press statement, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said that the subject of exiled Bhutanese living in Nepal was a bilateral issue between Nepal and Bhutan and that India was hopeful both countries would be able to resolve this humanitarian problem soon through talks.

The Ministry also said that security was beefed up along the Indo-Nepal border after the incident on Mechi Bridge on May 30. "The Indian security officials have stepped up security measures along the border for maintaining law and order and we are in constant contact with the government of Nepal in this regard", the press release states. Bhutan News Service