US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues to Visit Settlement in Southern India[Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 4:24 p.m.]
WASHINGTON,
DC: The US Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues, Maria Otero, is on a
visit to India and is paying a visit to the Tibetan settlement in
Bylakuppe from today. This is her first visit to a settlement. She
visited Dharamsala in August 2009.“In Karnataka, Under Secretary Otero is
visiting the Bylakuppe Tibetan
settlements, meeting with local refugee officials and interacting with
students, monks and nuns. She will also tour the Namdroling Monastery
and visit micro-enterprises. The State Department provides funding for a
variety of programs that support refugees worldwide, including those
living in India,” the US Embassy in New Delhi said in a statement today.The
State Department’s spokesman made the following announcement on 7
February 2011, “Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria
Otero will travel to India, Bhutan and Nepal from 8 – 14 February 2011.
She’ll will travel to southern India and New Delhi discuss bilateral
coordination on global issues, visit Tibetan refugee settlements,
explore cooperation to strengthen election organizations in third
countries, and consult on regional disaster management. In Nepal, Otera
will hold meetings with senior Nepalese officials and civil society
representatives and engage on Tibetan refugee and trafficking in
persons issues.”
