Friday, March 21, 2008 (New Delhi)
Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives has met the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala and expressed support to Tibet's freedom.
Pelosi has been an outspoken supporter of Tibet's fight for freedom and has strongly criticised China's crackdown on Tibet.
Speaking of the violence in Tibet, she said the situation of Tibet is a challenge to the conscience of the world and that if the world doesn't speak for Tibet today, it loses all moral ground to speak of human rights.
Last week, the speaker had issued a strong statement on China's handling of the protests calling the ''violent response'' by the Chinese police against peaceful protestors ''disgraceful''.
However, China has strongly reacted to her visit, saying that the Tibet issue is China's internal matter and no country or person should interfere in it. The Chinese Ambassador to India Zhang Yang said that what happened inside china was no one else's business.
Pelosi also met the Indian Prime Minister and other officials on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the visiting US parliamentarian has demanded an independent, outside inquiry to check the veracity of Chinese accusation that the Dalai Lama is behind Tibet violence. (With PTI inputs)
No comments:
Post a Comment