Tibetan Delegation Visits EP

BRUSSELS, September 15 (Xinhuanet) -- A visiting Tibetan delegation, participating in the ongoing China's Tibetan Culture Week, has paid a visit to the European Parliament and held a cordial and frank discussion with some parliamentarians on Tibet issues.
¡¡Phudorji, vice-chairman of the People's Congress of the Tibet Autonomous Region, briefed the social and economic development in Tibet in recent years. He said that it is a good opportunity to have direct dialogue with members of the European Parliament who are concerned with the development in the region.

¡¡Per Gahrton, vice-president of the European Parliament's delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China, recalled his visit to Tibet early this year and said he was glad to see the existence and preservation of Tibetan language and Tibetan culture.

¡¡British MEP Inglewood said that many Europeans have great interest in Tibet and he believed the culture week would contribute to the spreading the Tibetan culture and to the improvement of the knowledge of the current development of the Tibetan society.

¡¡Vice-president of the European Parliament Joan Colom and several other MEPs joined the discussion.

¡¡The Tibetan culture week is to present a wide variety of programs depicting the social and religious developments in Tibet.