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President Sarkozy cancelled a plan to meet the Dalai Lama last month after the Chinese Ambassador to Paris informed him that there would be "negative consequences" for France if he went ahead with the meeting with the Buddhist leader. His wife was sent to meet Dalai Lama to defuse the row.
The glamorous 40-year-old former Italian model met the exiled Tibetan monk on Friday during an inauguration of a Buddhist temple in southern France.
Carla was given a long white scarf by the 73-year-old Nobel Peace prize winner as a welcome gift when she arrived at the temple.
The opening ceremony at the Lerab Ling temple came at the end of Dalai Lama's visit to France during which the Tibetan leader repeatedly criticised China for human right violations in Tibet.
His presence in France during the Beijing Olympics has caused diplomatic difficulties for President Sarkozy, who has declined to meet the Dalai Lama and attended the opening ceremony of the Games.
The Dalai Lama led a process of monks accompanied by Carla, who was wearing a dark blue knee-length dress. The Tibetan leader gave her a khata, a long white scarf, symbolising welcome. The Tibetan spiritual leader left Paris on Saturday for New Delhi after concluding the 12-day visit to France.
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