Exclusive: Tibetan president in exile Penpa Tsering confirms back channel talks with China
Tibetan President in Exile, Penpa Tsering
Tibetan President in Exile, Penpa Tsering, has confirmed back channel talks with the Chinese government that took place earlier this month. In an exclusive interview with WION, he stated, "Talks are happening. Nothing concrete. I admit back channel, nothing substantive happening."
Direct talks between the two sides began in 2002, with a total of nine rounds conducted until 2010. In 2008, the Tibetan side in exile presented proposals for autonomy, which were rejected by the Chinese government.
Asked if he has any hopes from the ongoing back channel talks with Beijing, President Penpa Tsering said, "If you look at what Xi Jinping is doing to Tibetans, Uygur, Mongols, to its own people, doesn't looks likely that we can have anything concrete or positive right now."
On the Chinese dismissal earlier that no such back channel exists, he pointed, "China doesn't acknowledge too many things. They are always in a denial mood...they want to have the upper hand in everything".
The Tibetan president in exile welcomed the signing of the Resolve Tibet act by US President Joe Biden, which aims to strengthen US support for Tibet and calls for talks between China and the Dalai Lama. The US law also empowers US State Department officials to directly counter disinformation about Tibet from the Chinese government.
He said, "Resolve Tibet talks about how Tibet is an unresolved conflict and should be resolved under international law..It challenges China's narrative on Tibet".
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The next plan of the Tibetan government in exile, based in India, is to reach out to other countries to pass similar laws, communiqué, statement, and resolution.
Ahead of the signing of the Resolve Tibet Act, a US congressional delegation led by US house foreign affairs committee chairperson Michael Macaul,which included former house speaker Nancy Pelosi, visited Dharamshala in India and met his Holiness Dalai Lama. The visit had led to a strong reaction by China, but the US delegation remained unfazed.