Sikyong Concludes Official Visit in Washington D.C. with Series of High-level Meetings with Lawmakers from Both Major Political Parties

Dharamshala: On 8 May 2025, Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration held an official meeting with U.S. Representative Joe Wilson at the latter’s congressional office. During the meeting, Congressman Wilson conveyed profound admiration for His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, describing him as a source of inspiration. In the course of their dialogue, Sikyong proposed the introduction of a congressional resolution to honour the global legacy of His Holiness on the occasion of his forthcoming 90th birth anniversary. Representative Wilson expressed his support for the initiative and affirmed his willingness to advance such a resolution in Congress.

In addition to the matter of the proposed resolution, Sikyong and his accompanying delegation—which included staff from the Office of Tibet, Washington, D.C., and the International Campaign for Tibet—raised a number of other pressing concerns related to recent budget cuts and the Tibetan...