美國眾議員跨黨派代表團前往印度北部,訪問西藏流亡政府,並且與達賴喇嘛會面。(取自達賴喇嘛X平台帳號)
美國聯邦眾議院前議長裴洛西,近日隨眾議院訪團前往印度,並與流亡當地的西藏精神領袖達賴喇嘛會面,裴洛西除了表示眾院近日通過一項支持西藏的決議,並且指控中國正在有系統地「抹滅西藏文化」。
彭博報導,由眾議院共和黨籍議員麥考爾(Michael McCaul),以及前議長裴洛西(Nancy Pelosi)所率領的跨黨派代表團,於18日抵達印度北部山城達蘭薩拉(Dharamsala),並於19日與西藏流亡精神領袖達賴喇嘛會面。
In Photos: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama meets with High Level Bipartisan U.S. Congressional Delegation led by Representative Michael McCaul along with Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi.
— Lhase Sonam (@Sonam_infor) June 19, 2024
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HHDL holding a copy of The Resolve Tibet Act, a bipartisan bill to enhance US support for Tibet and promote dialogue between the People's Republic of China and the Dalai Lama toward a peaceful resolution of the long-standing dispute between Tibet and China, presented to him… pic.twitter.com/B5uIBjj9hd
— Dalai Lama (@DalaiLama) June 19, 2024
該訪團在行程期間參訪了藏人行政中央總部、人民議會以及西藏博物館,並與流亡藏人社區的領袖會面。裴洛西表示,美國國會最近通過了「促進西藏與中國爭端解決法案」(Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act),表明西藏議題仍未解決的美國正式立場,強調此舉向中國政府發出了清晰的訊息。
裴洛西也指控,目前北京當局正在「試圖抹滅西藏文化,減少藏文使用的機會」,藉此「試圖做出我們不能讓其得逞的行為」。
A bipartisan delegation of US lawmakers, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman McCaul and including former House Speaker Pelosi, arrives in Dharamshala, northern India, to strengthen bilateral ties and meet exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama https://t.co/jWf22W2PL9 pic.twitter.com/IgBzcwOZXX
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In Himachal, Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi;
— Dr Ranjan (@AAPforNewIndia) June 19, 2024
"The Message Dalai Lama will live forever. But you, the President of China, you'll be gone & nobody will give you credit for anything"
Only if Chauthi Pass PM had the same courage! He's spineless & he crawls before the Chinese. pic.twitter.com/eQBSnNAUy5
對於美國國會代表團訪問西藏流亡政府,北京則表達強烈反對立場,呼籲美國遵守西藏問題的承諾,停止向國際發出錯誤的訊息。報導指出,中國在1950年代時以武力兼併西藏,包括達賴喇嘛在內的僧侶則在9年後逃至印度,並且在印度北部、鄰近西藏的達蘭薩拉建立流亡政府,西藏流亡政府官員則表示,美國國會的立法,以及代表團的到訪,都將對中國形成壓力,對於西藏爭取自治有所助益。