Lhasa stable, troops in normal state: top Tibet official

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-03-10 18:45

BEIJING -- Lhasa is stable, and troops there are in normal state, said Qiangba Puncog, chairman of the Tibet regional government, on Tuesday.

Qiangba Puncog (C), deputy to the Second Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) from southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, talks with a reporter prior to the third plenary meeting of the Second Session of the 11th NPC held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 10, 2009. [Xinhua]

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"I was told in a phone talk with Lhasa at noon that the whole city is stable and troops are in normal state as usual," he said in Beijing after a plenary meeting of the National People's Congress.

He said that he absolutely agrees with President Hu Jintao's remarks on Monday when Hu called for a "Great Wall of stability in Tibet."

"It (Hu's call) is a good and long-term consideration," said Qiangba Puncog.