NPC Tibetan deputy calls on US Congressmen to respect facts

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Source: CCTV.com | 03-19-2009 08:31

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The delegation of NPC Tibetan deputies have expressed their concern over a resolution on Tibet adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives. On Tuesday, they met with Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen, the co-chairmen of the US-China Working Group under the House.

Shingtsa Tenzinchodrak (R), a living Buddha of the Kagyu  sect of the Tibetan Buddhism and vice chairman of the  Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Tibet  Autonomous Region of China, meets with Mark Kirk (L2)  and Rick Larsen (L1), co-chairmen of the U.S.-China Working  Group in the House, in Washington, the United States, March  17, 2009. Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen, co-chairmen of the  U.S.-China Working Group, met here on Tuesday with a five- member delegation of Tibetan deputies to China's National  People's Congress, led by Shingtsa Tenzinchodrak.  (Xinhua Photo)

Delegation head, Shingtsa Tenzinchodrak, said the US resolution distorted facts on the Tibet Autonomous Region. And as a native Tibetan, Shingtsa Tenzinchodrak said he was upset by the move by the House. He called on US Congressmen to respect facts and discard prejudice. He also urged them to respect the feelings of the majority of the Tibetan people.