US special envoy on Tibetan issues meets with Tibetan refugees at Kathmandu

Kathmandu: US special coordinator for Tibetan affairs Uzra Zeya meets with Tibetan refugee leaders at Kathmandu. On Saturday, Zeya held talks with Tibetan refugee leaders in Jawalakhel. The meeting lasted over an hour and the US official listened to the concerns of Tibetan refugees in Nepal.

On Saturday evening, she visited the Bouddha area where a large section of Tibetan refugees lives. It should be noted that Nepal is home to about 15,000 Tibetans who fled Tibet after the 1959 failed uprising.