New Delhi: The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has reiterated its call with China to find a solution to the decades-long Tibet conflict through dialogue after Beijing said it would only meet with representatives of the Dalai Lama. Will talk with, not with the government. -in exile.
Last week, Penpa Tsering, the political head of Sikyong or Tibet's government-in-exile (CTA), said his administration had launched back-channel talks with Beijing to explore ways to find a solution to the Tibet issue.
At the same time, Sering said that no immediate advance is expected from the informal talks.
The comments were seen as a sign of the two sides' willingness to re-engage after a decade of formal dialogue process in the wake of anti-Chin protests in Tibet and Beijing's hardline approach towards the Buddhist region.Following Tsering's remarks, China on Friday said it would only talk to representatives of the Dalai Lama and not officials of the India-based Tibetan government-in-exile.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin also ruled out talks on the Dalai Lama's long-pending demand for autonomy for Tibet.
Following China's response, CTA spokesperson Tenzin Lekshe said that the Central Tibetan Administration's mid-term policy is to seek genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people within the framework of the Chinese Constitution and that resolution of the long-pending matter would be beneficial to both sides. will be.
He said, "The Middle Way Policy (MWP) of the Central Tibetan Administration is to see genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people within the framework of the Chinese Constitution and China's Regional National Autonomy Law. Resolving the China-Tibet conflict through the MWP is mutually beneficial. Is profitable."On 'X'.
Tibet's government-in-exile is based in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, representing more than a million Tibetans living in about 30 countries.
From 2002 to 2010, nine rounds of talks were held between representatives of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government, but yielded no concrete results. No formal talks have taken place since then.
In its negotiations with China between 2002 and 2010, the Tibetan side advocated genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people in line with the Dalai Lama's Middle-Way Policy.
The Dalai Lama has been in favor of resolving the Tibet issue through dialogue.
After a failed anti-Chinese rebellion in 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama fled Tibet and came to India where he established a government-in-exile.Chinese government officials and the Dalai Lama or his representatives have not met in formal talks since 2010.
Beijing has been saying that it freed "serfs and slaves" from a brutal theocracy in Tibet and put the region on the path to prosperity and modernization.
China has in the past accused the Dalai Lama of engaging in separatist activities and trying to divide Tibet and considers him a divisive figure.
However, the Tibetan spiritual leader has stressed that he is not seeking independence but "genuine autonomy for all Tibetans living in Tibet's three traditional provinces" under a "middle way approach".
Relations between the two sides became further strained in 2008 due to protests against Chin in Tibetan areas.
Last week, Penpa Tsering, the political head of Sikyong or Tibet's government-in-exile (CTA), said his administration had launched back-channel talks with Beijing to explore ways to find a solution to the Tibet issue.
At the same time, Sering said that no immediate advance is expected from the informal talks.
The comments were seen as a sign of the two sides' willingness to re-engage after a decade of formal dialogue process in the wake of anti-Chin protests in Tibet and Beijing's hardline approach towards the Buddhist region.Following Tsering's remarks, China on Friday said it would only talk to representatives of the Dalai Lama and not officials of the India-based Tibetan government-in-exile.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin also ruled out talks on the Dalai Lama's long-pending demand for autonomy for Tibet.
Following China's response, CTA spokesperson Tenzin Lekshe said that the Central Tibetan Administration's mid-term policy is to seek genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people within the framework of the Chinese Constitution and that resolution of the long-pending matter would be beneficial to both sides. will be.
He said, "The Middle Way Policy (MWP) of the Central Tibetan Administration is to see genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people within the framework of the Chinese Constitution and China's Regional National Autonomy Law. Resolving the China-Tibet conflict through the MWP is mutually beneficial. Is profitable."On 'X'.
Tibet's government-in-exile is based in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, representing more than a million Tibetans living in about 30 countries.
From 2002 to 2010, nine rounds of talks were held between representatives of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government, but yielded no concrete results. No formal talks have taken place since then.
In its negotiations with China between 2002 and 2010, the Tibetan side advocated genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people in line with the Dalai Lama's Middle-Way Policy.
The Dalai Lama has been in favor of resolving the Tibet issue through dialogue.
After a failed anti-Chinese rebellion in 1959, the 14th Dalai Lama fled Tibet and came to India where he established a government-in-exile.Chinese government officials and the Dalai Lama or his representatives have not met in formal talks since 2010.
Beijing has been saying that it freed "serfs and slaves" from a brutal theocracy in Tibet and put the region on the path to prosperity and modernization.
China has in the past accused the Dalai Lama of engaging in separatist activities and trying to divide Tibet and considers him a divisive figure.
However, the Tibetan spiritual leader has stressed that he is not seeking independence but "genuine autonomy for all Tibetans living in Tibet's three traditional provinces" under a "middle way approach".
Relations between the two sides became further strained in 2008 due to protests against Chin in Tibetan areas.
