CTA President urges Canada to take position on Dalai Lama’s reincarnation issue

7 months ago

Tenzin Nyidon

DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 2: The President of the exile Tibetan government known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Penpa Tsering, currently on an official visit to Ottawa from September 25 to October 7, has urged the Canadian government to take a clear position on the issue of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation in opposition to China’s claim of sole authority over the matter.

“We need the support of as many free and democratic nations as possible to assert what true religious freedom entails—and in the Tibetan context, that means the freedom to determ...

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