Dharamsala, November 7 – The largest pro-independence group of the Tibetan diaspora have said “a just and stable solution” for the Tibet issue will come about only with the restoration of Tibet’s full independence.
In an open letter to the visiting US President Barack Obama who arrived in India’s financial capital Mumbai on Saturday, the TYC said the US government and President Obama in particular can play a role in bringing about a just and stable solution. “Such solution rests only with the full restoration of Tibet’s full independence,” reads the letter signed by the organisation’s Vice President Dhondup Lhadar.
TYC expressed doubt over Obama’s visit being successful without the Tibet issue being included in dealing with issues concerning India, China or South East Asia. The visit could be “a great opportunity to resist China’s highhandedness and opposition to the basic values of democracy,” the letter reads.
“The US has a significant stake and role in maintaining stability in Asia, especially when China’s rapid rise as a superpower is proving to be the most pressing challenge for the US. The heavy militarization of Tibet gravely affects the security of this region, which in turns gravely impacts security in the world. We are hopeful that the US Government will not lose sight of the strategic significance of Tibet’s territorial integrity.”
While “firmly supporting” the efforts of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in fighting peacefully for a just cause, the letter says, “the genuine efforts of the Tibetan government in exile to reach a solution for the on-going Tibetan tragedy have yielded no fruitful result to date.”
“It is a fact that Tibet has been and retains, the right to be, a sovereign independent country,” the TYC said.
