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China asked US President Barack Obama to revoke his decision to meet the Dalai Lama and not to “interfere in Chinese internal affairs”<\/strong>, foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said.<\/p>\n

After the White House announced the meeting to be held Saturday, the ministry and the Chinese ambassador to the United States lodged a “solemn representation” against it<\/strong>, Hong said in a statement on the ministry’s website.<\/p>\n

Beijing calls on Washington “to immediately revoke its decision to hold a meeting between Obama and the Dalai Lama” and to “honor its serious commitment that recognizes Tibet as part of China”<\/strong>, the statement said.<\/p>\n

“We are firmly opposed to any foreign politician meeting the Dalai Lama in any form whatsoever,” it said, warning the US administration against any action that “could harm US-Chinese relations”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The White House made the announcement late Friday after a long silence on whether Obama would meet the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader<\/strong>, who was to leave Saturday after an 11-day visit to Washington to lead thousands in a Buddhist meditation ritual.<\/p>\n

The visit comes at a delicate moment in relations between the two Pacific powers<\/strong>, with rising tensions in the South China Sea between Beijing and five other countries in the region that also lay claim to strategic waters there.<\/p>\n

The White House said Obama would “highlight his enduring support for dialogue between the Dalai Lama’s representatives and the Chinese government to resolve differences”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Dalai Lama, who enjoys wide popularity in the United States, has lived in exile since 1959.<\/strong> The Nobel Peace Prize winner, a declared pacifist, says he is peacefully seeking rights for Tibetans and accepts Chinese rule.<\/p>\n

But Beijing insists that he is a “splittist” bent on dividing China and regularly protests his meetings overseas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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