China says Dalai must stop 'sabotaging Olympics' if he wants talks
China requires the Dalai Lama to stop sabotaging the Olympics as a condition for talks, Chinese President Hu Jintao told his US counterpart George W. Bush, according to the foreign ministry here.
By Agencies |
BEIJING: China requires the Dalai Lama to stop sabotaging the Olympics as a condition for talks, Chinese President Hu Jintao told his US counterpart George W. Bush, according to the foreign ministry here.
Hu's demand, made in a telephone conversation with Bush on Wednesday, appeared to mark a new addition to a list of actions the exiled Tibetan leader must undertake before China is willing to talk with him.
"China's position is clear and consistent," Hu told Bush, according to a statement on the Chinese foreign ministry's website posted late on Wednesday.
Hu was quoted as giving a list of conditions often cited by China for talks between the two parties, and then went on to say "especially (he) must stop... activities to sabotage the Beijing Olympic Games".
The statement came after more than two weeks of deadly unrest in Tibet and surrounding areas populated by Tibetans, in protest over 57 years of Chinese rule.
China has repeatedly blamed the Dalai Lama for orchestrating the unrest, which it has said is a deliberate attempt to sabotage the Beijing Olympics in August.
Hu's demand, made in a telephone conversation with Bush on Wednesday, appeared to mark a new addition to a list of actions the exiled Tibetan leader must undertake before China is willing to talk with him.
"China's position is clear and consistent," Hu told Bush, according to a statement on the Chinese foreign ministry's website posted late on Wednesday.
Hu was quoted as giving a list of conditions often cited by China for talks between the two parties, and then went on to say "especially (he) must stop... activities to sabotage the Beijing Olympic Games".
The statement came after more than two weeks of deadly unrest in Tibet and surrounding areas populated by Tibetans, in protest over 57 years of Chinese rule.
China has repeatedly blamed the Dalai Lama for orchestrating the unrest, which it has said is a deliberate attempt to sabotage the Beijing Olympics in August.
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