Envoys arrive in China for 5th round of talks

The Tibetan Government in Exile, as well as Reuters and other news agencies, have reported that "envoys of Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, arrived in China on Wednesday for secretive talks on allowing more autonomy for the Buddhist region." According to an article on the Tibetan Government in Exile web site, "Mr. Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari, accompanied by Mr. Kelsang Gyaltsen and senior aides, arrived in China today for the fifth round of talks on the Tibetan issue."

"This gives us hope that these contacts will deepen and eventually lead to peaceful settlement of the issue of Tibet," Thubten Samphel, spokesman for the government-in-exile, said by telephone from Dharamsala.

Read the entire article at the Tibetan Government In Exile web site.
Read the entire article at Reuters.com.