11 October 2005
CECC urges Sino-Tibetan dialogue.
The Washington, D.C.-based Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) has recommended that President George Bush and Congress should urge the Chinese government to meet the Dalai Lama and to move the current contact with his envoys to substantive discussions. In its annual report for 2005, CECC said, "The future of Tibetans and their religion, language, and culture depends on fair and equitable decisions about future policies that can only be achieved through dialogue. The Dalai Lama is essential to this dialogue. To help the parties build on visits and dialogue held in 2003, 2004, and 2005, the President and the Congress should urge the Chinese government to move the current dialogue toward deeper, substantive discussions with the Dalai Lama or his representatives, and encourage direct contact between the Dalai Lama and the Chinese leadership".