Make Tibet 'core' issue of your policy: Tibetan govt-in-exile prez to India
New Delhi, Jan 18- President of the Tibetan government-in-exile Lobsang Sangay appealed to India to make Tibet a "core" issue of its policy.
Inaugurating a year-long 'Thank You India' campaign marking 60 years of Chinese "occupation" of Tibet and the Dalai Lama coming to India, the president of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) said the security of India "partly depended" on the "situation" in Tibet.
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"We thank India for its support in past six decades to our cause and also appeal to it to support us politically and make Tibet its core issue," he said on Thursday.
Asserting that the Tibetans are in India because of the support of Indian government and people, Sangay said, "We are a success story and it has been a great journey, thanks to India and its people."
The security and stability in China as well as India depends on the safety and stability in Tibet, he said.
Advocating good relations between India and China, Sangay, however, suggested his host country to be "cautions" of China's expansionist policy.
"Sixty years back, we lost our country to Chinese occupation. We do not want other countries to face the same consequences," he said.
Replying to a question on Doklam, the CTA president said that going to the United Nations could be one option for Bhutan who lays claim on the region where Chinese and Indian armies have faced a stand-off.
Sangay said that the 'Thank You India' campaign symbolises gratitude of the Tibetan people towards their host country and it will begin with a interfaith meeting, which will be attended by the Dalai Lama at Rajghat on March 31 followed by a public event at Thyagraj stadium on April 1.
The year-long campaign will include events in more than 20 cities, including Bengaluru and Shimla, and will have initiatives like 'Little Tibet festival', 'Green India', 'Healthy India', 'Feed the Hungry' and 'Clean India'. PTI
