Bhutanese refugees Tuesday predicted a deadlock in talks between Nepal and Bhutan after a meeting Sunday with Foreign Minister Narendra Bikram Shah at the end of Shah’s unannounced talks with King Jigme Singhe Wangchuk and other Bhutanese leaders during a visit to Bhutan last week.

“This timeframe is not acceptable to the Bhutanese refugees and is a clear indicator that post round table activities agreed upon by the two governments is bound to fall apart and the deadlock continue,” three refugees said Tuesday in a statement.

Bhutan’s donors are meeting sometime in March in Switzerland to discuss aid as 100,000 refugees living in camps in Nepal for more that 12 years press for suspension of aid without improvement in human rights situation in Bhutan.

The12th round of delayed ministerial talks are being held in Kathmandu at foreign minister level next month. The ministerial meeting will be followed by verification talks in Bhutan to work out the status of 1933 refugee families of Khuadunabari in Jhapa whose status was earlier verified by a joint team last year. The result will be announced before the start of the 3rd ministerial talks in March in Thimpu.

Three refugee representatives in Kathmandu Tuesday asked the international community to intervene on behalf of the refugees who said they will continue their peaceful protests like a relay hunger strike in Jhapa.