The Tibet Post

The NDPT has about 4000 members in India, Nepal and Bhutan. Mr. Youngdung has been President for four years.  When he became President, the party had six or seven regional chapters. Today the NDPT has 33 regional chapters.

On the same day, Chime had a meeting with members of the Tibet Intergroup in the European Parliament in Brussels, including its President, Mr. Thomas Mann.  Mr. Youngdung introduced the NDPT and the position of his party regarding the Tibetan elections.

On Thursday June 24, Chime has a meeting and discussion with several Belgian politicians who support Tibet. On Friday, Mr. Youngdung has an interview with a Tibet Support Group, and later that day a meeting and discussion with representatives of Friends of Tibet Luxembourg. On Saturday 26th June he will meet with members of the Tibetan Community in Belgium.

By the end of June, Mr. Chime will have visited six countries:  Germany, Spain, France, Switzerland and Austria. After his European tour he has planned another trip to Ladakh in India and Nepal. He was also invited by the United Nations for a Free Tibet to European countries.

Mr Chine expressed interest in meeting with Mr. Tashi Wangdi, who is the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile, at the Office of Tibet in Brussels. The office in Brussels is the main Office of Tibet on the European continent. Chime said that "the political stands are totally different between the Office of Tibet and the NDPT, the meeting was open and cordial. Political discussions, an exchange of ideas and dialogue are however always interesting and important."