United States State Department spokesperson Ned Price has congratulated Penpa Tsering, the newly elected Sikyong [President] of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, in a Twitter post saying, “The United States congratulates Penpa Tsering on his election as the Central Tibetan Administration’s [CTA] next Sikyong. We look forward to working with him and the CTA to support the global Tibetan diaspora.” Penpa Tsering will be sworn in at the end of this month.