China warns US against Dalai Lama meeting
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CHINA told the United States yesterday that it was opposed to any country meeting the Dalai Lama “in any manner” after the White House said US President Barack Obama would attend an event with him.
The White House said last week that Obama would deliver remarks at a February 5 prayer breakfast in Washington about the importance of religious freedom.
The Dalai Lama is due to attend the prayer.
“China is opposed to any nation or government using the Tibet issue to interfere in China’s domestic affairs, and opposed to any country’s leader meeting with the Dalai Lama in any manner,” foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said at a daily news briefing.
“Issues regarding Tibet concern China’s core interests and national sentiments,” Hong said.
“We urge the United States to stick to its commitments on issues regarding Tibet, and properly settle related issue with the overall interests of China-US relations in mind.”
The White House, which said Obama had a “great relationship” with the Dalai Lama, did not announce any specific meeting between the two.
Obama held his third meeting with the Dalai Lama in Washington last February, infuriating China, which denounces the monk as a dangerous splittist seeking to establish an “independent” Tibet.
A series of leaders have dodged meetings with the 79-year-old monk, most recently Pope Francis, who did not meet the Dalai Lama when the Tibetan visited Rome.
South Africa again denied the Dalai Lama a visa last year.
In 2012, British Prime Minister David Cameron had to put a trip to China on hold after Beijing took offense at him holding a meeting in London with the Dalai Lama.
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