Mayank Chhaya Reports spoke to Tencho Gyatso, President,  International Campaign for Tibet, a Washington-based Tibetan advocacy group, who points out that The Tibetan Policy Act mandates that the US President and the Secretary of State encourage the Chinese leadership both privately and publicly to enter into a dialogue with the Dalai Lama or his representatives, leading to a negotiated agreement on the six-decades-old standoff on Tibet replete with repression and cultural erasure of the Tibetan people.

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