China tells Dalai Lama to 'cherish' planned talks
China on Tuesday urged the Dalai Lama to "cherish" the opportunity of planned new talks, and restated its conditions for dialogue that included him ending violence in Tibet ahead of the Olympics.
"The relevant authorities agreed to have contact with the Dalai Lama," foreign mininstry spokesman Jiang Yu told reporters, confirming the planned reopening of talks announced by China's official news agency on Friday.
"We hope the Dalai can cherish this opportunity, recognise the situation and change his position to take concrete measures to stop his criminal acts of violence, stop his sabotage of the Beijing Olympics and his separatist activities, so as to create conditions for the next step of talks."
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