Door open for talks with Dalai Lama: China
LONDON: China has “done everything it could” to talk to the Dalai Lama, a senior Chinese official said, insisting that Beijing was still open for
further meetings.
“China has done everything it can to talk to the Dalai Lama. The door is still open,” Zhu Weiqun, a vice minister of the United Front Work Department, said in an interview to the BBC.
The Dalai Lama’s envoys and China have held eight rounds of talks since 2002 on the Tibet issue without any progress.
China has repeatedly rejected the Dalai Lama’s plea for “genuine autonomy” for Tibet and ruled out any territorial “concession”.
A historic conclave of over 500 exiled Tibetans is being held in Dharamsala from November 17-22, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile. The meeting, called by the Dalai Lama is expected to decide on the future of Tibet and floundering negotiations with Beijing.
Great importance is being attached to the meeting as this is the third occasion after 1951 and 1959 that such a conclave of Tibetans will be held.
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