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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.

The first Tibetan reaction to the Sino-Indian summit in Beijing has been a welcoming one. Although India is seen as "shifting" its position while acknowledging the Tibetan Autonomous Region as part of China

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama adresses supporters in Choglamsar, some eight kms east of Leh. India opened its frontiers to the Tibetan spiritual leader in 1959 when China crushed a Tibet uprising. Photo by Tauseef Mustafa

Activists from the 'Council for Tibet Freedom' burn pictures of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and China's President Hu Jintao and a Chinese national flag during a demonstration in the central Indian city of Bhopal June 25, 2003. Tibetan exiles in India believe improved relations between India and China would help negotiations between the Dalia Lama and Beijing over Tibet, a Tibetan spokesman said. Photo by Raj Patidar

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

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.

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.

India’s recognition of the Tibet Autonomous Region as a part of the territory of China has security agencies worried about potential unrest in pockets of India where a large number of Tibetans reside.