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The special envoy Kasur Lodi Gyari accompanied by envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen and other senior aides Sonam N. Dagpo, Bhuchung K.Tsering and Kalsang Tsering are back home on November 6, 2008.
According to the Statement of Special Envoy Kasur Lodi Gyari, Head of the Tibetan Delegation, “The main purpose of this trip was to follow up on the discussions held during the seventh round in July this year. We presented a memorandum to the Chinese leadership on genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people”.
“In Beijing we met with Mr. Du Qinglin, Vice Chariman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Minister of the Central United Front Work Department, on November 4, 2008. We also had a day-long discussion Mr. Zhu Weiqun, Executive Vice Minister, and Mr. Sithar, Vice Minister of the Central United Front Work Department, on November 5, 2008. An official from the Tibet Autonomous Region, Pema Trinley, Executive Vice Governor, was also present in the Chinese side. We had a briefing,
organized by the United Front, by experts on Chinese Constitution and the Law on Regional National Autonomy at the China Tibetology Research Center. It was moderated by Mr. Lhakpa Phuntsok, Director of the Center. We also visited the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region”, he added.
The Task Force team on November 6 briefed Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche, Chairman of the Tibetan Cabinet, in New Delhi about their discussions held in China. As a special general meeting of the Tibetan people is being convened later this month at the suggestion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, they have been advised not to make statements about their discussions before this meeting.
Their host for this visit was the Central United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party. The United Front Work Departments of Beijing City and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region were also involved with their visit.
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