Dharamsala, June 11: The Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile Mr Penpa Tsering on Tuesday concluded a three-day visit to Norway that included meetings with MPs, Officials of Foreign Ministry and the country’s small Tibetan community.
During the visit, the speaker met with the members of the Norwegian Parliamentary Group on Tibet and representatives of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry.
During the meetings, Mr Penpa Tsering discussed ways to “intensify engagement by the Norwegian authorities and institutions to encourage the Chinese leadership to enter into fruitful negotiations with the Envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama”.
In his meeting on Tuesday morning with the foreign ministry representatives, Mr Tsering disscussed mainly on “Tibet related issues, including the dialogue process between the Dalai Lama’s envoys and the PRC leadership.”
The discussion also included “the presently ongoing human rights dialogue between Norwegian and Chinese institutions, which is held at high political level with State Secretaries participating on both sides.”
According to Chungdak Koren, Director of Norwegian Tibet Committee, “Tibet is among the issues to be discussed in this round of dialogue, which is right now taking place in Beijing.”
The speaker, along with representatives from the Norwegian Tibet Committee, also gave a public talk at the Norwegian Human Rights House on Monday evening.
During the visit, Mr Penpa also spent time time with the Tibetan community in Norway giving talks on the work of the Central Tibetan Administration and its democratic setup.
After the successful visit in Oslo Mr. Penpa Tsering on Tuesday evening left for Denmark.
The speaker’s visit to Norway were jointly organized by the Norwegian Tibet Committee and the Voice of Tibet foundation’s administrative office in Oslo.
