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Former US President Jimmy Carter urged the Chinese regime on Monday not to pressure Nepal to keep out Tibetan refugees.

Carter is currently in Nepal on to help push along a delayed national election.

[Jimmy Carter, Former US President]
"I believe that the Tibetan refugees should be welcomed, there has been, as you know, a tacit agreement in the past that refugees coming out of Tibet will not be abused when they arrive here, and there is quite a large population of Tibetan refugees here."

In fact, around 20,000 Tibetans live in the Himalayan country. They fled their homeland because of the harsh rule and oppression by the Chinese regime.

Nepali police used to capture exiled Tibetans and hand them over to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. They were then moved on to India, where Tibetan's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, is residing.

As Nepal increases its trade engagements with China, Carter says it's become increasingly harder for the hundreds of Tibetans who are looking to escape into Nepal.

[Jimmy Carter, Former US President]
"Lately, I understand that at the border there has been some harassment of people coming from Tibet to Nepal, the Chinese government is putting pressure on Nepal to interrupt this movement of people. I think, they should have right to go where they wish."

The Nepali government has cracked down on Tibetan protests against China in the past. The Chinese regime is Nepal's key trading partner and largest donor.

(Thumbnail courtesy PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)

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