Dalai Lama ready to meet China president
Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Thursday he was ready to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao over the crisis in Tibet if he got "concrete indications" Beijing was ready to talk.
By Agencies |
DHARAMSHALA: Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said on Thursday he was ready to meet Chinese President Hu Jintao over the crisis in Tibet if he got "concrete indications" Beijing was ready to talk.
He told reporters he has "always been ready" to meet Chinese leaders, "in particular Hu Jintao," although he acknowledged the prospect of travelling to Beijing at the moment was "not practical."
"Still, if concrete indications come from China, sure I will be happy," he said. "If there are concrete indications, I am ready, I am happy, after this crisis -- in a few weeks, in a few months."
It is the second consecutive day that the Nobel peace laureate has appealed for talks with China in the wake of violent protests in his Himalayan homeland.
On Wednesday he also asked world leaders to help lobby for dialogue with China and to press Beijing to show "restraint" in dealing with the violence in the remote region.
He told reporters he has "always been ready" to meet Chinese leaders, "in particular Hu Jintao," although he acknowledged the prospect of travelling to Beijing at the moment was "not practical."
"Still, if concrete indications come from China, sure I will be happy," he said. "If there are concrete indications, I am ready, I am happy, after this crisis -- in a few weeks, in a few months."
It is the second consecutive day that the Nobel peace laureate has appealed for talks with China in the wake of violent protests in his Himalayan homeland.
On Wednesday he also asked world leaders to help lobby for dialogue with China and to press Beijing to show "restraint" in dealing with the violence in the remote region.
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