NAYANIMA BASU for The Print
India is now realising that the Tibet issue cannot be just used as diplomatic or political leverage against China, but needs resolution. This will be beneficial for the entire region, according to Penpa Tsering, President-elect of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
The position of ‘Sikyong’ of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) was created by the Tibetan Parliament in 2011, and Tsering takes over the position from current President Lobsang Sangay, whose two-year term ends this month.
In an exclusive interview to ThePrint, Tsering said the border stand-off between India and China that began in April 2020 has made New Delhi rethink its approach towards the Tibet issue.
“The Indian government and Indian people have been very, very generous in terms of extending humanitarian support for the Tibetans, but not so much in the political sense. Now, I sense this renewed urgency within the Indian leadership and also in the intelligentsia or the academicians that the policy they have adopted towards Tibet or towards China has not been adequate; there needs to be a proper review… Also because of what happened in Doklam, in Galwan,” Tsering said.
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