Tibetan
Parliament Lauds US Senate’s Resolution on Tibet
September 29, 2008 9:16 am
Tibetan Parliament Lauds US Senate’s Resolution on
Tibet Monday, 29 September 2008, 9:16 a.m.
Dharamshala: The Tibetan
Parliament-in-Exile expressed gratitude to the US Senate for unanimously
approving a resolution urging the government of China to begin earnest
negotiations with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the future of Tibet.
“The Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile on behalf of the six
million suffering people of Tibet, deeply thank the U.S. Senate for unanimously
approving Senate Resolution 643 on September 17, 2008 urging the government of
China to begin earnest negotiations with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the
future of Tibet,” said Speaker Karma Chophel, in a letter written to Mr. Dick
Cheney, chairman of the United States Senate, on 26 September.
“Our heartfelt gratitude is also due to Senators
Gordon Smith (R-OR) and Russell Feingold (D-WI) who took the leadership to
introduce the legislation,” Speaker Karma Chophel added.
He said: “The Senate Resolution 643 is a clear
recognition that the parleys between the envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
and the Chinese government since 1979 have not made any headway only because
the Chinese side was not willing to enter into actual and earnest negotiations
instead of just talks.”
“It is therefore high time now that the other
Parliaments and Governments concerned for Tibet and China to support this
resolution and impress upon the Chinese side to realise the urgency of the
matter,” he added.