A large number of Tibetans Muslims who fled Tibet are now settled in Kashmir, one of the nearest Islamic regions bordering Tibet. Around 2000 Tibetan Muslims currently reside in the Kashmir valley, the majority of whom live and work around in Srinagar, where the Dalai Lama is currently visiting. The Dalai Lama first met with the Srinagar Tibetan Muslim community in 1975 and later again in 1988 and has continued to keep in touch with the situation of Tibetan Muslims who have a distinct identity as a Kashmiri and Tibetan.