VIENNA, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Andreas Khol, President of the National Council of Austria, sent a congratulatory message on Monday, for the forthcoming China Tibet Culture Festival to be held in Austria.

    Khol said in the message he was very glad that the festival, scheduled for Oct. 18-29, was being held in Austria on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of Austria-China diplomatic ties.

    He hoped that, for Austrians, the festival would be a window into the fascinating culture of China's Tibet.

    The festival will be the sixth large exhibition of Tibetan culture to be held abroad since 2001, and it will include an exhibition of more than 200 photos selected from 150,000 pictures taken by 100 photographers from 19 countries. They were invited to take photos in Tibet last year. Enditem