New Delhi: Kalon Dolma Gyari of Department of Home, Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) paid a courtesy call on the Canadian Minister of Immigration, Ms. Shannon Fraser, at the High Commission Office in New Delhi on 11 January. Kalon welcomed the new Minister and greeted her with a traditional Tibetan scarf. Thanking the Government of Canada for all the support to the Tibetan cause, Kalon updated the Minister about the on-going Canada Re-settlement project. Some minor issues needing clarification were also raised to seek the guidance of the High Commission.

The Minister Shannon Fraser and her assistant Lillian Zadravetz thanked the Tibetan delegation for the updates and expressed satisfaction over the way the resettlement project is progressing.  They assured to look into the area where clarification is needed. Mr. Tsewang Gyalpo Arya, Secretary of Bureau of His Holiness the Dalai Lama accompanied Kalon Gyari Dolma during the meeting.

* Ms. Shannon Fraser has Minister designation in High Commission office in Delhi with immigration pertaining to India, Nepal and Bhutan. She is not the Canadian Union Minister of Immigration.