The Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) on Sunday strongly criticised the visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to India for the BRICS meet, asserting that the international community should not overlook the Tibet issue while engaging with China on diplomatic and strategic matters.

Wang Yi is visiting New Delhi from June 22-23 to attend the BRICS National Security Advisers’ (NSAs) meeting.

Addressing a press conference in Dharamsala, TYC President Tsering Chomphel, accompanied by General Secretary Tenzin Lobsang and Organisational Secretary Tsamchoe, said China continues to project itself as a responsible global power despite what they described as decades of repression and occupation in Tibet.

Chomphel alleged that Tibet has remained under Chinese occupation for more than seven decades and accused Beijing of pursuing policies aimed at eroding Tibetan identity, culture, language and religion. He claimed that China has intensified efforts to assimilate Tibetans thro...