Two envoys of the Dalai Lama returned to India on Friday after spending
several weeks in China to improve relations between the exiled Tibetan
leader and the Beijing government.

The envoys, Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen, briefed Tibetan Prime
Minister Samdong Rinpoche, but will not announce any specifics about the
trip until the Dalai Lama returns from a tour of North and Central America
on Oct. 11.

"The details will only be made public once the envoys have briefed the Dalai
Lama and the Tibetan parliament-in-exile," said Thupten Samphal, an official
of the exiled government the Dalai Lama and his followers established in
northern India after fleeing from Chinese troops in 1959.

Beijing accuses the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, of waging a campaign for
Tibet's independence, but the Dalai Lama has said he wants only more
autonomy for the region in order to preserve its religion and culture.