Staten Island Reporter

This week, while traveling with a bipartisan congressional delegation, Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis met with the Dalai Lama at his residence in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India. During the visit, Malliotakis presented His Holiness with gifts including a framed photograph from The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art on Staten Island that he previously visited in 1991 and an assortment of teas from the museum’s label.

"It was an incredible honor to meet with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama to discuss the Resolve Tibet Act recently passed by both the House and Senate and awaiting President Biden’s signature that would enact an official change in U.S. policy toward Tibet, promote human rights, self-determination and democracy for the Tibetan people and combat Communist China’s misinformation about Tibet’s history," Malliotakis said. "New York City is home to the largest Tibetan population outside of Asia and I’ve been proud to work with the Tibetan community and a bipartisan group in speaking out against China’s human rights abuses and illegal occupation of Tibet, and it’s my hope that our advocacy brings the Tibetan people one step closer to being able to peacefully return to their homeland and determine their future."

While in India, the delegation also met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and the US-India Business Council to discuss issues of national security, trade, and increasing the strategic partnership between the two nations to reduce both nations’ supply chain dependency on Communist China.