Paris, France: A road trip to 30 countries marking 60 years of the Tibetan occupation and to request Europe to help bring about an urgent dialogue between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Xi Jinping led by European Parliamentarian Venerable Thupten Wangchen reached Paris on 8 September 2019.
The European Parliamentarian Venerable Wangchen reached Paris carrying the truth lamp. He was received by Mr. Namgyal Samdup, Secretary of Bureau du Tibet, Venerable Tenzin Penpa, President of Tibetan Community and other representatives. Parliamentarian Thupten Wangchen briefed them a little about the truth lamp, the current situation inside Tibet and the urgent need for dialogue between the envoys of His Holiness The Dalai Lama and China’s representatives to find a mutual beneficial solution through Middle Way Policy.
Venerable Wangchen was received at French Senate by Senator Andre Gattolin, Vice President of Tibet Information Group and members of Tibet Support Group on 9 September. Venerable spoke about urgency of dialogue and called for urgent Peaceful Dialogue. He further appealed for the release of Panchen Lama Gendun Chokyi Nyima, freedom of religion, education and movement of Tibetans in Tibet, reciprocal access to Tibet, destruction of the ecology, expelling monks and nuns from Monasteries and interference in the Reincarnation of the His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Later, In the afternoon Venerable toured around Eiffel Tower and dropped a memorandum in Chinese Embassy letterbox. The truth lamp will be heading to the United Kingdom on 10 September 2019.
-Filed by Office of Tibet, Paris