CTA President’s Visit to Mexico and United States

By Vasudha Bhatia / September 19, 2017;

CTA President Featured on the Cover of Newsweek Spanish Magazine

The President of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, visited Mexico and the United States of America during September 2017.

His four-day visit to Mexico was covered by the media extensively. He was featured on the cover of the Spanish Newsweek magazine. The cover story included an interview with Dr Sangay and was entitled Tibet is vital for the rest of the world: Lobsang Sangay. His interview was telecast on the largest television network of the Spanish community and three local radio networks as well as the most influential newspaper in Mexico. Dr Sangay also addressed the students of three prominent universities in Mexico and gave a lecture at Casa Tibet Mexico, the Tibetan cultural institution.

In his interviews, Dr Sangay called upon Latin America, and especially Mexico, to review and understand the history of Tibet, saying it is the second least free nation in the world, and which continues with its struggle to achieve freedom from the People’s Republic of China in a peaceful and nonviolent way.

Dr Sangay attended the 16th annual conference of the North American Tibetan Association in New York City, USA, from September 8 – 10 and was the chief guest at the inaugural session. In his opening address, he acknowledged the growing awareness of Tibetan issues amongst the people in the world and said that the condition of the worldwide Tibetan exile community, including North America, has vastly improved. He mentioned that Tibetans in North American should instill Tibetan values in their children, teach them the Tibetan language and encourage Tibetan students in the US to intern at government and lawmakers offices. He further highlighted the importance of unity among Tibetans and insisted that there should be an end to any divisive activities based on religious beliefs.

The conference in New York City was organised by the Office of Tibet, Washington DC and the Tibetan community of New York and New Jersey and the meetings were streamed live on Facebook on the official page of the Office of Tibet. It was attended by 62 representatives from 28 different Tibetan associations.