Press Release

31 July, 2001 The 13th Joint Working Committee (JWC) of Sino-Indian border talk being held today in Beijing is totally baseless and will not yield any concrete result. We condemn the so-called Sino-Indian border talk. Historically and geographically, there was no such a border between China and India until China invaded Tibet in 1949. The Macmohan line which India recognise as the authentic border between India and Tibet was signed between the sovereign nation of Tibet and the then British Indian Government in 1914. So, it is well witnessed by the Indian Government and its people that the border is between India and Tibet. Hence the border issue cannot be solved without the participation of Tibet.

If China and Indian Government really want to solve the border problem and to improve bilateral relations, the most practical solution is to accept His Holiness the Dalai Lama's middle path approach for a genuine autonomous Tibet. Hence it is imperative that the Indian Government initiate dialogue between Tibet and China without any preconditions.

Thupten Lungrik
Chairman
Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies

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