During an official outreach program in Cardif on 23 March, Yangki, a representative of the Dalai Lama of the United Kingdom, met Yangki to call prominent Welsh leaders to call China to call for action against Tibet’s continuous repression.
According to the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), major busynesses were organized with the help of Tibetan supporter Ilian Williams and Tibetan community regional coordinator (TCB) in Britain for a long time.
According to the information provided by CTA, Yangki sat down with the Labor Party member Mark Drakeford, a member of the Sendd (Welsh Parliament). Yangki urged Drakeford to use his/her position within the UK labor government to close Chinese-powered colonial boarding schools in Tibet, which are part of China’s widespread efforts to forcibly assimilate Tibetan children and eradicate their cultural identity.
he/she also raised serious concerns about the Chinese government’s international repression against the Tibetans living in Diaspora. In addition, Representative Yangki emphasized the ongoing efforts of the Chinese regime to suppress the Tibetan language, urging Drakeford to focus on the issue within the Welsh Parliament.
According to the report, Mark Drakeford expressed his/her concern about the dangerous suppression of Tibetan linguistic rights and confirmed that the foreign policy was largely under the jurisdiction of Westminster, he/she would cooperate with his/her colleagues in Welsh Parliament to advise the protection of tibetan language in the tibet.
During the meetings, Representative Yangki also presented a briefing paper highlighting the urgency of defending the Tibetan language against the policies of the Chinese government with the aim of assimilating cultural. The document called the two leaders to raise the issue in Welsh Parliament.
Last year, Tursing Yangki, a civil servant of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) in Dharamsala, was appointed as the new representative of the Dalai Lama in the United Kingdom. It marked a significant milestone, as this was the first time in 15 years when a senior Tibetan civil servant from Dharamasala took the rudder of Tibet’s office in London.
