27 February 2008

Dharamshala: The Kashag has announced that the European Union
Coordination office based in Brussels would be turned into office of
Tibet (OoT), w.e.f. from 1 April 2008. The office of Tibet in Paris
will operate as a branch of OoT Brussels.

According to the notice, the decision has been taken owing to Brussels
being a political capital of the European Union, where the European
Commission's Office and EU Parliament are also located in the city.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama has approved the proposal.

Earlier, on 14 March 2005, a decision was taken to incorporate the
Brussels office as a branch of the Office of Tibet, Paris.

The Offices of Tibet are the official agencies of His Holiness the
Dalai Lama and the Central Tibetan Administration based in
Dharamshala, North India.

There are representative offices in 10 countries, being supervised by
the International Relations of the Department of Information and
International Relations. These offices are located in New Delhi,
India; New York, USA; Geneva, Switzerland; Tokyo, Japan; London, UK;
Canberra, Australia; Paris, France; Moscow, Russia; Pretoria, South
Africa; and Taipei, Taiwan.