Tibetan govt-in-exile asks China for positive changes in Tibet

The Tibetan parliament-in-exile today urged the new Chinese leadership of President Xi Jinping to bring positive change in its policies in Tibet.
In his opening remarks in the parliament, Speaker Penpa Tsering expressed concern over the lack of willingness on the part of previous Chinese government to address its policies in Tibet.
"The current crisis in Tibet will not end unless the Chinese leadership brings positive change in Tibet," he said.
However, Tsering hoped that the new Chinese leadership under President Xi Jinping would resolve the problem of Tibet by finding truth from facts rather than engaging in cover-up and blame-game.

"The time has come for the Chinese government to respond positively to the sincere overtures made by the Tibetan leadership for resolving the Tibet issue through dialogue," he said, reiterating the commitment of Tibetan leadership to pursue the mutually-beneficial "middle-way" policy.
Blaming China for ongoing self-immolations in Tibet, the speaker said Chinese government's repressive policies in Tibet "are the root causes of tragic self-immolation by Tibetans".

According to the Central Tibetan Administration 107 Tibetans have self-immolated out of which 90 have died.
The common cry of all the self-immolators is that spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama be allowed to return to Tibet, which must be given autonomy and freedom of worship.

The 10-day budget session of the government-in-exile, based here, began today.