Kathmandu, March 19 -- Nepal has given assurance to US officials that it would continue to protect the rights of the Tibetans refugees living in Nepal, according to the US Secretary of State.

In a congratulatory message to the Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on completion of one year in office, Mike Pompeo said that during his meeting with Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali in the United States in the second week of December, he had reassured that Nepal will continue to protect the rights of the Tibetan refugees living in Nepal.

Pompeo's message to Oli is seen as a thaw in Nepal-US ties, particularly against the backdrop of a recent controversy on Venezuela's internal crisis after Pushpa Kamal Dahal, co-chair of the ruling Nepal Communist Pa...