Washington DC: On 29 April 2025 (EDT), Sikyong Penpa Tsering held two successive high-level meetings on Capitol Hill, beginning with Representative Michael McCaul, former Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, followed by a meeting with the current Chair, Representative Brian Mast. Both engagements, held at the Rayburn House Office …

Brussels, 30 April 2025: The Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights, MEP Mounir Satouri, and the Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the People’s Republic of China, MEP Engin Eroglu, have jointly addressed a letter to the Chinese Ambassador to the European Union concerning the suspicious death …

Sikyong with Damon Wilson, President of the National Endowment of Democracy. Washington DC: In the early hours of 26 April 2025 (IST), Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration departed on a month-long official visit to three nations: the United States, Canada, and Japan. This significant diplomatic engagement comes …

Dharamshala: His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada to congratulate him on his party’s victory in the general election under his leadership. “During my visits to Canada over the years,” he wrote, “I have been deeply touched by the warmth of the friendship …

Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration has expressed deep sorrow over the recent terrorist attack in Jammu & Kashmir, which claimed lives and left many injured. In an official statement shared on the X platform (formerly Twitter), Sikyong Penpa Tsering stated: “We are deeply saddened by the …

Dharamshala: Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, the Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, expressed heartfelt condolences to the Roman Catholic Church and its followers upon the demise of His Holiness Pope Francis. In the condolence letter,  Speaker wrote, “With most profound respect and sorrow, I extend my heartfelt condolences on the demise of …