US consulted us on resettlement: Nepalese DPM

Kathmandu, October 27: Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister K. P. Oli disclosed that the US government held consultation with him before the announcement was made to resettle 60,000 of the 107,000 exiled Bhutanese in the US.

Oli said announce by the US government for resettlement was made only after he met US Assistant Secretary of State for Population Refugees and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey regarding resettlement during his recent visit to the US.

Oli said the US government has agreed in principle not to adopt the selective procedures to pick these 60,000 people for settlement in the US, rather randomly.

The Kathmandu Post quoted him saying that the exiled Bhutanese will be picked on camp-by-camp basis, not on individual basis.

However, he said, no agreement has been signed between the two countries in this regard. Bhutan News Service