China opposes Dalai Lama’s meeting with Obama

Beijing, July 16 (IBNS) China expressed dissatisfaction at spiritual leader The Dalai Lama’s meeting with US PresidentBarack Obama on Saturday saying it may affect relations between the two countries.

"We firmly oppose any foreign official to meet with the Dalai Lama in any form," said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hong Lei in a statement.

Obama is scheduled to meet The Dalai Lama at White House in Washington on Saturday.

Earlier also, China denounced Dalai Lama’s meeting with Speaker John Boehner, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers of the House of Representatives of the US Congress on July 7.

“Tibet-related issues are purely China's internal affairs. China firmly opposes any country or any person's interference in China's internal affairs under the pretext of Tibet-related issues,” Lei said.

 “Dalai's words and deeds over the past decades demonstrate that he is not a pure religious figure, but rather a political exile long engaged in splittist activities under the religious cloak. China urges relevant US lawmakers to stop condoning and supporting anti-China separatist activities of the Dalai clique,” said Lei.

Dalai Lama inherited control over a government controlling an area roughly corresponding to the Tibet Autonomous Region just as the nascent People's Republic of China wished to reassert central control over it. There is a dispute over whether the respective governments reached an agreement for a joint Communist-Lamaist administration.

During the 1959 Tibetan uprising, which China regards as an uprising of feudal landlords, the Dalai Lama, who regards the uprising as an expression of widespread discontent, fled to India, where he denounced the People's Republic and established a Tibetan government in exile. 


Source Credit: Washington Bangla Radio USA