The revered Tibetan spiritual leader, currently recuperating in the United States following knee surgery, stated he is "physically fit" and recovering well.

The delegation includes former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory W. Meeks, House Rules Committee Ranking Member Jim McGovern, and others.

Lumla, a lesser-known location in western Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang district, will soon find a place on the national tourism map as the young Dalai Lama had passed through and stayed in this area during his escape from Lhasa to India in 1959.

The bipartisan Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act', also known as Resolve Tibet Act, aims to pressure the Chinese government to resume negotiations with the Dalai Lama's envoys or the democratically elected leaders of the Tibetan people, which have been stalled since 2010.