The Tibetan government-in-exile said Monday a new round of talks with China had been "vital" and that it was pleased Beijing had committed itself to continued dialogue.
"The fact we are once again in contact is very vital for a solution to the Tibetan issue," said Thubten Samphel, spokesman of the northern India-based Tibetan government-in-exile.
"It is also very good that China agreed to honour a meeting later," he told AFP by telephone from the hill town of Dharamshala, home of the exiled administration of spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.
The one day of closed-door talks, the first between the two sides in over a year, concluded on Sunday with no reported breakthrough in ending the Tibet crisis, but few other details emerged.
The meeting came after global leaders pressured China to reopen dialogue amid seven weeks of deadly unrest in Tibet that has marred the nation's Olympic build-up.
"The issue of Tibet is too complicated and one cannot expect one or two rounds of talks will lead to solutions, but what is important is that the two sides are talking, which will help in dispelling mistrust," Samphel said.
"There is no alternative to talks, and so once there is trust this dialogue process will move forward and so we need to keep talking," he added.
The envoys who held talks with Chinese officials in Shenzhen in southern China were due to return to India on Tuesday or Wednesday and would then brief the Dalai Lama, Tibetan officials said.
One senior Tibetan source, however, hinted that the lack of tangible progress was a disappointment.
"We were at least expecting an assurance that the crackdown would end. We await our representatives to return and brief us on what transpired," the Tibetan official said on condition he not be named.
China has repeatedly accused the Dalai Lama of wanting independence for his homeland and of fomenting the recent unrest in an effort to shine a world spotlight on Tibet ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August.
The 1989 Nobel laureate has rejected these charges, but has accused China of widespread human rights violations of his people and maintained his push for greater Tibetan autonomy under Chinese rule.
Chinese troops entered Tibet in 1950 and annexed the region the following year. The Dalai Lama fled his homeland following a failed 1959 uprising.
