Bijender Sharma
Dharmshala---US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer will meet exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama tomorrow at Dharamsala during his two-day visit.The US Ambassador is scheduled to meet the Tibetan leader at his official residence on Thursday.
"Everything is positive. The outcome (of the meeting) will also be positive. Of course, they met before too...once in Delhi," Chimme Choekyappa, private secretary to the Dalai Lama, said here today about the purpose of the visit. The Himachal Pradesh state government, according to the report, has declared Roemer a state guest. "The US ambassador is coming on a two-day visit. The envoy will be accompanied by his wife," the Deputy Commissioner (Kangra) R.S. Gupta told.
As per the programme schedule, made available by the state government, the US ambassador will visit a school for Tibetan children and then have an audience with the Dalai Lama.The envoy's programme also includes inauguration of a reception centre for newly-arrived Tibetan refugees in lower Dharamsala.
During his meeting with the Dalai Lama, Roemer is also expected to discuss issues relating to Tibetan exiles.This would be the third highest official-level group to visit this town since March 2008, when US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came to meet the Tibetan leader amidst ongoing widespread unrest against Chinese rule in Tibet.
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