The Chairman of the Tibetan Parliament in exile, Prof. Samdong Rinpoche, has spent a few days in Italy, last week, invited by Terni Province. During his visit to Italy he had some important meetings with institutional authorities in Rome.

Prof. Samdong Rinpoche has met, on Tuesday 19th September 1995, the House of Deputies' Vice Chairman Mr. Luciano Violante. Afterwards he had a hearing in front of the Chairmanship of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Deputies, open to any member of the Committee itself. The meeting was attended by the following deputies:

Chairman MIRKO TREMAGLIA

POLITICAL GROUP

Lorenzo STRIK LIEVERS Riformatori; member of the Radical Party.

Massimo BOFFARDI Misto;member of Radical Party-1993.

Umberto CECCHI Forza Italia; member of RP-1994.

AntoniettaVASCON Forza Italia

Elisabetta BERTOTTI Lega Nord

Enrico CAVALIERE Lega Nord

Antonio MAGNABOSCO Lega Nord

Maurizio MENEGON Lega Nord; member of RP-1994.

Paola Gaiotti de BIASE Progressisti-federativo

Giovanna MELANDRI Progressisti-Federativo

Paolo RAFFAELLI Progressisti-federativo

Aldo TRIONE Progressisti-federativo

Fabio EVANGELISTI Progressisti-federativo

Ugo CECCONI Alleanza Nazionale-MSI

Franco ROCCHETTA Alleanza Nazionale-MSI

Giuseppe GIACOVAZZO Partito popolare italiano

Rosa Russo JERVOLINO Partito popolare Italiano

On Thursday 21st September the Prof. Samdong Rimpoche has been received by Senate Vice Chairman Carlo Rognoni.

In the Press Conference, held in the Radical Party office, by Chairman Samdong Rimpoche, Olivier Dupuis (Transnational Radical Party's Secretary), Nicola Mole' (Pres. Terni's Province) and Piero Verni (Pres. Ass. Italy-Tibet) have joined the following deputies:

POLITICAL GROUP

Lorenzo STRIK LIEVERS Riformatori; member of Radical Party.

Michele CACCAVALE Forza Italia; member of RP-1995

Lucio LEONARDELLI Forza Italia; member of RP-1995

Lino DE BENETTI Progressisti-federativo; member of RP-1993

Ugo CECCONI Alleanza Nazionale-MSI

*) Please note that the Radical Party is a Transnational transparty which does not run to any election. The above mentioned Italian MPs indicated as members of the Radical Party are in the same time member of their own national political party, and of the Transnational Radical Party.