www.expressindia.com - Weather | Horoscope | Stocks | RSS
expressindia web city
HomeBlogsCricketAstrologyShopping TendersClassifieds Opinions Hotels
Sign In / Register | Archive
Expressindia » Story

Don’t meet the Dalai Lama, China warns Sarkozy

Font Size

Agencies

Posted: Jul 08, 2008 at 1932 hrs IST

Paris, July 8: China's ambassador to France on Tuesday warned of ‘serious consequences’ to Sino-French relations if President Nicolas Sarkozy meets the Dalai Lama during his visit to France in August.

Sarkozy has left open the possibility of holding face-to-face talks with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, who has met with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President George W. Bush.

"If such a meeting took place, it would have serious consequences because it would be contrary to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs," said Ambassador Kong Quan.

"The Dalai Lama is not only a spiritual leader but also and above all someone who has separatist activities and who leads a government-in-exile," he told reporters in Paris.

Kong spoke on the eve of a meeting between Sarkozy and Chinese President Hu Jintao in Japan during which the French president is to announce whether he will be attending the August 8 opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

The ambassador cited French press reports suggesting that Sarkozy would be attending the ceremony and said this "leads me to believe that he will be there."

Sarkozy has said that he would consult other European leaders as France holds the EU presidency but that he was prepared to go if talks between Beijing and the Dalai Lama showed progress.

Representatives of the Dalai Lama and China held a fresh round of talks in India this week, but an envoy of the spiritual leader said there was no headway on the status of Tibet.

Discuss this story on expressindia forums
Post Comments
Name* Email ID*
Subject* Country*
Message*
Characters remaining
 
TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s).
I agree to the terms of use.
China is a big bully in the world by ssddsf on 09 Jul 2008

The Chinese seem to have the intention to control each and everything which they think goes against them. They are trying to Bully the world. Dalai Lama is respected all over the world and French are big developed nation, China cannot decide who the French president should see and talk..

Latest News

Business

Showbiz

Sports

FBI team to give India details of Headley-Rana plans

Omar favours triangular talks among India, Pak, separatists

Kaiga leakage: Kakodkar calls it deliberate, probe on

India-Canada clinch civil nuclear deal

Bolt to participate in Commonwealth Games: Kalmadi

Radiation leak at Kaiga nuke plant leave employees sick

50 CAT exam centres closed today after technical gliches disrupt exams

More
Featured Services
© 2009 The Indian Express Limited. All rights reserved
The Indian Express Group | Advertise With Us | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Work With Us | Site Map