Lobsang Sangay became the first Sikyong (Presiden) to formally enter the US State Department on October . He met there with the new US Special Coordinator on Tibet Issues, Robert A Destro. Sangay and Destro discussed various issues pertaining to the situation in Tibet and the Sino-India border conflict. Sangay also invited Destro to visit the Central Tibetan Administration in Dharamsala and welcomed him to the Tibetan freedom struggle.