The Kashag Wednesday announced a major reshuffle in the post of representatives of the Offices of Tibet. According to the announcement, Kasur Tashi Wangdi, the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New York, will head the new Office of Tibet in Brussels.
Former Kasur Lobsang Nyandak is appointed as the representative of the Office of Tibet, New York. Envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen, the representative in Geneva, Switzerland, will take a new responsibility to enhance relations and political activities in European countries, from 17 March 2008. Mr Tsetan Samdup, a former deputy secretary at the Offices of Tibet London, has been appointed as the new representative in Geneva. He will take charge from 18 March. In an interview with Tsering, Kasur Tashi Wangdi tells VOA that the Central Tibetan Administration seeks to strengthen its relation with the EU and the European Parliament.
Also Taiwan's representative Tsegyam will be the secretary at the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala. Mr Dawa Tsering, Additional Secretary at the Department of Information and International Relations will be the new representative at the Taiwan office.