Dalai Lama 'disappointed' by Sarkozy

Paris: Tibetan religious leader the Dalai Lama would not attend a planned meeting of Nobel Prize recipients in Paris out of "disappointment" with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, French media reported on Sunday.
"No visit is planned. There had never been any official invitation," Matthieu Ricard, a spokesman for the Dalai Lama, was quoted by the weekly Journal du Dimanche as saying.
Sarkozy was not present at the most recent visit to France by the Dalai Lama, who was instead greeted by Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni. Critics accused Sarkozy of not meeting the Dalai Lama in order placate China, which considers the Dalai Lama a separatist leader.
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