Gujaral for India's role in solving refugee problem

Former Indian Prime Minister IK Gujaral has said he would personally write to Indian President and Prime Minister for India's role for a permanent solution to the 18-year-old Bhutanese refugee problem.

Gujaral promised he would take this initiative to help resolve the long-standing problem in a meeting with Bhutanese refugee representatives in New Delhi recently.

The general secretary of People's Forum for Human Rights Bhutan, D P Kafle said they are hopeful that Gujaral's initiatives would help in resolving the Bhutanese refugee crisis. nepalnews.com ag Apr 06 08