His Holiness the Dalai Lama has congratulated Shri Ram Nath Kovind on his election as the 14th President of India. His Holiness expressed his gratitude to India in the 58th year of the Tibetans’ exile, saying to the new president, “No doubt you will do whatever you can to consolidate India’s strengths so that she may provide the leadership in the world that her stature entails”.