Hours before Chinese President Hu Jintao’s arrival in New Delhi on a three-day official visit, the Tibetans in Uttaranchal state of North India held a rally on Monday.
The rally was held for demanding direct talks between Hu and Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to resolve the long-standing Tibet issue.
“We are not opposing Hu’s visit to India. However, we
want dialogue between the two,” said Uttaranchal Tibetan Women’s Association President Tsering Yangzom.
The Tibetan community also wanted the government to include the Tibet issue in its bilateral talks, she added.
She said that in the past, to solve the issue, five meeting were held between the representatives of the Dalai Lama and Chinese government. But the results were not positive.
Dalai Lama is the religious leader of Tibetans and head of the government in exile based in India which neither India nor Chinese government recognize.
