The Bhutan Peoples’ Party has said the Party is less optimistic about any fruitful result during the up-coming Nepal-Bhutan bilateral talk, yet to be scheduled.
The Party, issuing a press statement Wednesday, said even general exiled Bhutanese in the camps doubt that any kind of bilateral talks on the long-standing refugee imbroglio would furnish a durable solution.
“Considering failure of 15 rounds of high-level talks between Nepal and Bhutan in the past, it is certain that the upcoming talk will be another failure in the name of bilateral negotiation,” said Party President Balaram Poudyal.
Stating that resettlement can never be a durable solution based on the choice of all Bhutanese citizens in exile, BPP also demanded official registration of asylum seekers, and solution to matters related to ration suspension, mix-marriage and third country resettlement complications.
It also asked the Government of Nepal to involve India in finding the solution of the crisis, and demanded formation of a permanent task force to handle the Bhutanese refugee issue in Nepal.
Earlier this week, Nepalese Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai had mentioned that Nepal would initiative “decisive” talk on the refugee issue with Bhutan within December.
It is learnt that PM Bhattarai communicated that matter to his Bhutanese counterpart, Jigmi Y Thinley, during the 17th SAARC Summit in Maldives last week.
However, Nepal is yet to write to Bhutan to fix the actual date of the much-awaited bilateral talk.
