Dharamshala: The Tibetan Task Force on Sino-Tibetan dialogue process began a two-day meeting here this morning.
Tibetan Prime Minister Prof Samdhong Rinpoche is presiding over the meeting attended by Task Force members, which include His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s special envoy Kasur Lodi Gyari and envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen, a posting on the official website of the Tibetan government said.
This is the 22nd meeting of the Task Force and the second one after talks between Dharamsala and Beijing resumed in January this year, after almost fifteen months’ standoff. The last meeting was held in March this year.
The body comprising of Tibetan ministers, Dalai Lama’s envoys and government officials was formed in 1999 to assist the process of dialogue with the Chinese government.
During the ninth round the envoys presented a seven-point note to the Chinese leadership to clarify their core concerns and objections on the Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People.
Talks between Dalai Lama’s envoys and Beijing resumed in January 2010 after it had come to a standstill with the “Memorandum” on Genuine Autonomy submitted by the Tibetan side at the eighth round of talks met with derision from China, which called it a demand for ‘half-independence’ and ‘disguised independence’ or ‘covert independence’.”
Tibetan side, however, maintains that the articles of the proposed memorandum were prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the PRC and its laws on National Regional Autonomy, and claims China has rejected the proposal without providing any “legal and rational explanations”.
