Wednesday, November 13 2024

Defying China to meet the Dalai Lama

  By Ellen Bork [The Weekly Standard] 11 Sept. 2103 Today, President Dalia Grybauskaite welcomed His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, to Vilnius, Lithuania. Two years ago, her Estonian counterpart, President Toomas Ilves, also defied Beijing by meeting the Dalai Lama. Their gestures of principle and …

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Sikyong Lobsang Sangay Completes a Successful Washington D.C. Visit

  May 12, 2013 Sikyong Lobsang Sangay completed a successful visit to Washington DC. This was his third official visit to the American capital since assuming the Tibetan political leadership. The Sikyong was in Washington from May 6 to 10 and was accompanied by Special Advisor Kaydor Aukatsang and Ngawang …

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