US TO RESETTLE TIBETAN REFUGEES AS WELL

On a purely humanitarian ground the US government is also considering the case of the Tibetan refugees similar to that of the Bhutanese refugees in resettling them in the US”, said the US assistant secretary Ms. Ellen Sauerbrey at a press conference organized in Kathmandu yesterday.

Whether the refugees are Bhutanese, Burmese, African or Tibetan, the US views their issues purely on humanitarian grounds, added Sauerbrey.

The US only last year resettled around 50,000 refugees in the US from various parts of the world, that too on humanitarian ground, she said further.
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In the Tibetan case too we comprehend very well the problems Nepal is currently facing, thus we have decided to give a new lease of life to the Tibetans living here as refugees, she continued.

Prime Minster Girija Prasad Koirala too has given his words in this regard however said that the Bhutanese issue must be resettled first, the US dignitary further said.

The US government had decided to resettle around five thousand Tibetan refugees living in Nepal next year, say reports.

We will talk to the Chinese government in this regard, Sauerbrey said.

Ms. Sauerbrey is heading for Thimpu, Bhutan today.