Tibetan official calls on Buddhist circles to firmly safeguard national, ethnic unity

Source: Xinhua | 02-17-2009 08:29

LHASA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- A high-ranking official in Tibet Monday called on the Buddhist circles in the region to firmly safeguard national unity and ethnic unity.

LHASA, Jan. 19, 2009 (Xinhua) -- Lhakang Losangdoje (L Front),  delegate to Tibetan Autonomous Region People's Congress  (legislature), raises his hand to vote for the approval  of setting the Serfs Emancipation Day during the second  session of the Ninth People's Congress of the region, in  Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region,  Jan. 19, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)

Losang Gyaltsen, head of the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Tibet Regional Committee, made the remarks about a month ahead of the one year anniversary of the March 14 riot in Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region.