Dharamshala: The media coordinator of Department of Information & International Relations of Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) organized an ‘Annual Press Meet’ cum ‘Interactive Lunch Meeting’ at Hotel Dhauladhar, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh on Friday, 13 March 2020. 

More than 50 eminent journalists from both print and electronic media of various media houses which includes Dainik Jagran, Hindustan Times, Dainik Bhaskar, The Tribune, Amar Ujala, Hindustan Samachar, DD News, News 18, Asia News International (ANI), Tibet News Bureau, Voice of Tibet, Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Tibet Times, Tibet Express etc attended the meeting. 

CTA Spokesperson cum Information Secretary Mr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya presided over the meeting, and International Relations Secretary Mr Karma Choeying of DIIR also attended the meeting.

In his address, Mr Tsewang Gyalpo Arya, Spokesperson of CTA welcomed the eminent media personal from various media houses based in Dharamshala for giving their valuable time for taking part in the meeting.  He said that the contributions of media in strengthening the Tibetan freedom movement is very crucial. He also thanked the Indian and Tibetan media for disseminating and sharing the necessary information about the issue of Tibet to the general public.

Local and Tibetan media Bureau chiefs and journalists shared their view on how best they could work together to promote social justice and the cause of Tibet. Media personals of the two community had a good interaction, and they appreciated the Tibetan administration’s effort to provide a common platform to share information and ideas.