Video: Ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, US Delegation Members Meet Dalai Lama in Dharamshala

Dharamshala: Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, US Congressman Michael McCaul and other members of the Congressional delegation met the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Wednesday. Disciples of the Dalai Lama were also seen in the temple complex this morning.

The bipartisan delegation from the US headed by Republican Chair of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCaul was received by officials of the Central Tibetan Administration at Himachal Pradesh's Kangra Airport on Tuesday.

Ahead of the meeting of the American delegation with the Dalai Lama, Deputy Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, Dolma Tsering Teykhang said that the visit of the US lawmakers show “Tibet is not alone.”

"They are here to experience a different way of culture that Tibetans have...we are going to have the official get-together in the meeting...It sends (the message) that Tibet is not alone. United States is with Tibet and human rights still matter. This is a message not only for Tibet but anybody who is aspiring for human rights and for freedom...", said Dolma Tsering Teykhang.

"All those who are suffering under the intimidation of China and the expansionist mentality of Xi Jinping, I think this is a very big message for them..." the Deputy Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile said.