Tibet's government-in-exile welcomed a new thaw in tensions between India and China amid a tentative dialogue process with Beijing over the future of the Himalayan territory.
Maintaining that it had made no concessions, India today said its recognition of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) as part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was consistent with its stand since 1954.
China and India Monday evening signed the Declaration on Principles for Relations and Comprehensive Cooperation Between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India.
Karma Sonam Rinpoche, a Tibetan lama residing in Phoo Village in remote Manang region of Nepal, has been honored with the Abraham Conservation Award for this year by the World Wildlife Fund Nepal (WWF) for his contribution towards protecting the endangered blue sheep and snow leopards in Nepal.
India has not taken any new position by reiterating that it recognises the administrative autonomous region of Tibet(TAR) formed in 1965 as part of Peoples Republic of China which came into being in 1949, informed sources said here today.
Tibetan exiles in India believe improved relations between India and China would help negotiations between the Dalai Lama and Beijing over Tibet, a Tibetan spokesman said on Tuesday.
Talks between India and China have led to a major breakthrough in relations, following a landmark agreement over the status of Tibet. India has now formally recognised that the area known as the Tibetan autonomous region is part of the People's Republic of China.
