New Zealand Speaker Meets Tibet Delegation in Wellington

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New Zealand Speaker Meets Tibet Delegation in Wellington

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Jonathan Hunt, speaker of the New Zealand Parliament, and Graham Kelly, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament, met with Gyaltso, vice- chairman of the People's Congress Standing Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, and the delegation headed by him on separate occasions Wednesday in Wellington.

Gyaltso thanked Hunt for inviting the delegation to visit New Zealand and according it a warm reception here.

He said the delegation wishes to increase the understanding of the actual situation in Tibet by New Zealanders including MPs through contacting and talking with them.

Earth-shaking changes have taken place in Tibet Since it was liberated in a peaceful way 50 years ago and especially since China carried out policies of reform and opening to the outside world more than 20 years ago, Gyaltso said, adding at present the people of all ethnic groups in Tibet are enjoying extensive rights, their material and cultural well-being has been uplifted greatly, and culture of the Tibetan ethnic group is being carried forward and developing rapidly.

While extending a warm welcome to the delegation, the speaker f the New Zealand Parliament noted that the Tibet delegation has come soon after a group of New Zealand MPs led by Chairman Kelly concluded their visit to the Tibet Autonomous Region.

"The frequent exchange of dialogues benefits the promotion of mutual understanding," Hunt added.

In his meeting with the Tibet delegation, Chairman Kelly said the recent visit to the Tibet Autonomous Region by the group of New Zealand MPs was "very successful," and Tibet left them a "very nice" impression.

Through the visit, he added, the New Zealand MPs witnessed the great achievements in Tibet's infrastructure construction and economic development with the support of the Central Government and people all over the country, and also saw all kinds of religious activities going on normally, thus deepening their understanding of the actual situation there.

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