[SIZE=+1]Dalai Lama wants to meet Chinese leaders[/SIZE]
China National News
Wednesday 19th March, 2008
Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has asked China’s government to hold back on violence while he discusses the crisis in Tibet with them.China National News
Wednesday 19th March, 2008
He has also asked the international community to urge Beijing not to use violence against protesters.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who has recently spoken to Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, says the premier told him he would meet the Dalai Lama under certain conditions.
The British prime minister also said that he will have an official meeting with the Dalai Lama when he visits the UK in May.
The Chinese government has threatened that such a meeting would have negative consequences.
China has accused the Dalai Lama of inciting the recent violent protests in Tibet.
On Wednesday, the Tibetan spiritual leader met with protesting Tibetans in exile, who have criticised his approach to the Chinese as being overcautious.
The crackdown in Tibet and nearby provinces, have sparked calls for a boycott of the August Beijing Games which China wants to be successful as it emerges as a world power.
Tibetan activists want the Olympic torch relay to skip Tibet.
But Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of the Beijing Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, has told a news conference the relay would proceed as scheduled because the situation in Tibet has stabilised.
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