Top US delegation including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi to travel to India next week, meet with Dalai Lama
US delegation, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is set to travel to India next week and meet Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Dharamshala.
The Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul, is leading the bipartisan congressional delegation to India.
«The delegation includes Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), House Rules Committee Ranking Member Jim McGovern (D-MA), House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific Ranking Member Ami Bera (D-CA), and Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY),» the official press release of the House Foreign Affairs Committee read.
«While there, the delegation will meet with His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, Indian government officials, and representatives of U.S. businesses in the country,» it added.
«India is the world's largest democracy and an important strategic partner of the United States,» stated Chairman McCaul.
«I look forward to meeting with government officials and the American business community to learn how we can continue to strengthen our relationship with India. I am also honored to have the opportunity to meet with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama,» the release quoted McCaul as saying.
McCaul stated that Tibetans are «democracy-loving people» who wish to practice their religion freely.
«This visit should highlight the bipartisan support in the US Congress for Tibet to have a say in their own future,» he added.
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