Dharamshala: The 16th Kashag of the Central Tibetan Administration convened its fourth Permanent Strategy Committee Meeting this morning in Dharamshala.

During this three-day meeting, the Committee will follow up with the implementation of measures prescribed at the previous three meetings and additionally, will discuss the progress of the ongoing strategic programs and deliberate on future advocacy initiatives as per the committee’s objectives.

The meeting being held from 6-8 April is presided over by Sikyong Penpa Tsering and attended by all the committee members comprising former Kalon Tempa Tsering, former Kalon Dongchung Ngodup, and former envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen. In attendance were also Kalon Dolma Gyari (Department of Security), Kalon Norzin Dolma (Department of Information and International Relations), Secretary Karma Rinchen (Department of Security), Secretary Karma Choeying (Department of Information and International Relations), Secretary Dawa Tsering of the Tibet Policy Institute (TPI), and political secretary Tashi Gyatso of Kashag Secretariat. Ngaba Tsegyam, Secretary from the Gaden Phodrang office, is also attending the meeting.

Following the dissolution of the previous Task Force on Sino-Tibetan Negotiations by the 16th Kashag, this new Permanent Strategy Committee was established. The Committee held its first meeting in November 2021, the second meeting in July 2022, and the third meeting in November 2022 in Dharamshala.