Tibetan
Parliament Speaker Penpa Tsering (4th R) and DIIR Secretary Tashi
Phuntsok (3rd R) during their meeting with Taiwanese Parliament Speaker
Wang Jin-Pyng (5th R) and members of Taiwanese parliament in Taipei on
April 30, 2013.
DHARAMSHALA, May 2: Speaker of the Taiwanese
parliament, the Legislative Yuan, has said he will welcome the Tibetan
spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama to Taiwan for the spiritual
benefit of the Taiwanese people. Speaker Wang Jin-Pyng made the
remarks while receiving Speaker Penpa Tsering of the Tibetan
Parliament-in-Exile and Secretary Tashi Phuntsok of the Department of
Information and International Relations of the Dharamshala based Central
Tibetan Administration in the Taiwanese Parliament’s reception hall on
April 30. Members of the Taiwanese Parliament were also present at the
reception. According to a report on CTA’s official website,
Speaker Wang Jin-Pyng “recounted fond memories of His Holiness the Dalai
Lama’s earlier visit to Taiwan when he addressed the Parliament and
gave public teachings” and stressed on the need to enhance contacts
between Taiwan and the Tibetan people. In his remarks, Speaker
Tsering expressed his gratitude for Taiwan’s support for the Tibetan
people and hoped for the development of good relations between Taiwan
and Tibetans in exile. Taiwanese parliamentarians were later briefed on
the issue of Tibet by the Speaker and DIIR Secretary. Speaker
Tsering, who is currently on an official tour of Taiwan, earlier
participated in an international conference on China’s leadership
transition and democracy held in Taipei from April 27 – 30. Over 80
participants from East Turkestan, Mongolia, Taiwan, Macau, and China
attended the conference. As requested by the organisers, the Dalai Lama sent a message to the conference. In
his remarks, Speaker Tsering spoke on the threats facing the survival
of Tibet and the Tibetan people under Chinese rule, while DIIR Secretary
Phuntsok briefed the audience on the efforts being made by the exile
Tibetan administration to resolve the issue of Tibet. The Tibetan
officials from Dharamshala also held a meeting with a group of
conference attendees from mainland China. According to the CTA, during
the four-hour meeting, they “discussed and agreed on steps to raise the
Chinese people’s awareness and understanding about the issue of Tibet.”
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