Dharamsala, June 2 (IANS): With the deadlock over talks between China and the Dalai Lama's envoys continuing for more than four years, the Tibetan government-in-exile Monday said it would start a global campaign to resolve the Tibetan issue.
Tibetan Prime Minister Lobsang Sangay will launch 'middle way approach' campaign June 5 here, an official said here.
Sangay will formally present to the Dalai Lama the educational materials produced by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) to raise awareness across the world about the 'middle way approach' and its aim to peacefully bring genuine autonomy to Tibetan people in China.
"With talks with China now stalled for four years since 2010, Sangay has initiated an international awareness campaign about the administration's policy, which seeks a level of self-governance or genuine autonomy for the Tibetan inhabited regions in China," the CTA said in a statement.
The "middle way approach" was originally formulated by the Dalai Lama.
The "middle way approach" is supported by international leaders including US President Barack Obama and many Chinese intellectuals, such as jailed Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo, it said.
The last round of talks between China and the Dalai Lama's envoys - the ninth - was held in Beijing in January, 2010. The government-in-exile submitted an 'explanatory' note to the Chinese leadership to clarify its stand on genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people.
China, however, said the two sides had "sharply divided views as usual".
The Dalai Lama fled Tibet along with many of his supporters and took refuge in India when Chinese troops moved in and took control of Lhasa in 1959. India is home to around 100,000 Tibetans.