Two-day meeting of Task Force begins[Tuesday, 8 June 2010, 12:06 p.m.]

Task Force members attend a two-day meeting in Dharamsala, India, on 8 June 2010/Photo by Namgyal Tsewang/TibetNet

Dharamshala: The 22nd meeting of the Task Force on Sino-Tibetan dialogue process commenced this morning in Dharamsala.Kalon
Tripa Prof Samdhong Rinpoche is presiding over the two-day meeting
attended by Task Force members, which include His Holiness the Dalai
Lama’s special envoy Kasur Lodi Gyari and envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen.The
last meeting was held in March this year following the ninth round of
dialogue between the envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the
Chinese leadership in Beijing from 26 – 31 January 2010. During the
ninth round the envoys presented a seven-point note to the Chinese
leadership to clarify their core concerns and objections on the
Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy for the Tibetan People. The
Task Force was established in 1999 under the supervision of Kashag to
assist the envoys of His Holiness and members of the Tibetan delegation
in the dialogue process with the Chinese government.