Tibet's exiled government is talking behind the scenes with China, demands India be vocal on the issue

Tibet's government-in-exile is talking to the Chinese government behind the scenes. This indicates that both sides are willing to restart long-pending bilateral talks. Talks have already taken place between Tibet's supreme religious leader, the Dalai Lama, and the Chinese government, but those talks ended inconclusively due to anti-China protests in Tibet and China's dogmatic attitude towards Tibet. There has been no conversation between the two sides since then.

Prime Minister Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Tibet's exile government based in Dharamshala, India, has confirmed that informal talks are going on with China. He said that his interlocutors are talking to the people of China, but it is wrong to expect any result from these talks right now. Tshering said, 'We have been talking behind the scenes since last year, but it is meaningless to expect anything from it right now. It is a long process. My interlocutors are talking to the people of China.

Another senior CTA leader said that only talks with China can resolve the Tibet issue. He said that due to the ongoing tension on the border between India and China, the issue of Tibet has again come into discussion in India. Prime Minister Tshering of Tibet's government-in-exile said that 'India's foreign policy has now become very effective. India's influence has also increased across the world. In such a situation, we want India to speak more vocally about the issue of Tibet.

Remarkably, discussions took place between Chinese government delegates and the Dalai Lama, the supreme religious leader of Tibet, between 2002 and 2010. Nine rounds of this conversation were held, but no progress was made. Since then, there has been no communication at all between the parties. Following the 1959 uprising in Tibet against China, the 14th Dalai Lama escaped to India and established the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamshala. The Dalai Lama claims that Tibet is being tortured by the Chinese army. The Dalai Lama is allegedly involved in separatist activities, according to China. Now that he has made it apparent, the Dalai Lama is merely asking for his government to have some autonomy within Tibet—not total independence from China.