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Indian and Italian Parliamentary Delegations to Visit Dharamsala
Dharamsala 13 September: An Indian parliamentary delegation is on a visit to Dharamsala, the exile headquarters of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan administration. The delegation comprises of members of parliament from both the houses of the Indian parliament.
Meanwhile, an Italian parliamentary delegation comprising of members from the Italian Parliamentary Group for Tibet, established in May 2002, and having a membership of more than 160 MPs from all political parties in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Italian Parliament, will also visit here tomorrow.
The delegation led by Mr. Gianni Vernetti, President of the Italian Parliamentary Group for Tibet, will be here for three days.
Both these delegations will call on His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The two groups of legislative members will also meet the Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche and his colleagues in the Kashag and Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Assembly of the Tibetan People’s Deputies.
They will also witness the Tibetan assembly in session. The groups will also meet the various non-governmental organisations of the Tibetan community, newly arrived Tibetans at the Tibetan Reception Centre, a transit for Tibetan refugees from Tibet.
The Central Tibetan Administration will host a dinner reception for the two parliamentary groups. The Assembly of the Tibetan People’s Deputies earlier announced that it will organise a conference of all parliamentary groups for Tibet in Italy next year.
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