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Nepal, Bhutan agree for talks on refugees
Nepalese and Bhutanese foreign ministers have agreed to meet and continue dialog to solve the 15- year-long refugee problem, state-run Radio Nepal reported Thursday. According to the Nepali foreign ministry, Bhutanese Foreign Minister Khandu Wangchuk telephoned Nepali Minister of Foreign Affairs Ramesh Nath Pandey from Thimpu Wednesday afternoon and proposed to hold the meeting and continue the dialog. After the telephone talk, Pandey stressed the need to immediately reactivate the stalled bilateral process by honoring the agreement and understanding reached earlier in order to seeking a durable solution to the problem, a press statement of the ministry said. He said that, in the interest of both the countries as well as taking into account the humanitarian aspect of the problem, the issue of refugees must not be allowed to linger further, the statement said. During the telephone conversation, the Bhutanese minister said that the two Himalayan Kingdoms shared many things in common and in view of cordial and friendly relations subsisting between the Institution of Monarchy as well as the government and the people of the two countries, the statement read. He said he was prepared to work with his Nepali counterpart in seeking an amicable solution to the refugee problem. Some 105,000 Bhutanese refugees have been sheltering in seven camps in eastern Nepal since the early 1990's, awaiting a permanent solution to their plight.
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