Tibet, China offer proposals in talks
Posted on Friday, May 9, 2008
DHARMSALA, India — The Dalai Lama’s envoys and Chinese officials disagreed more than they agreed at weekend talks on how to move beyond the unrest in Tibet, one of the Tibetan spiritual leader’s representatives said Thursday.
Both sides made “concrete proposals” that could be part of a future agenda for discussions on Tibet, said Lodi Gyari, a special envoy for the Dalai Lama.
“We disagreed more than we agreed,” Gyari said. “Our counterparts again made baseless allegations against the Dalai Lama for derailing and sabotaging the Beijing Olympics. But we made it very clear that the Dalai Lama supported the Olympics from Day One.” Beijing has repeatedly accused the Dalai Lama and his supporters of fomenting recent anti-government protests in Tibet, an allegation the spiritual leader denies.
On Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang again called on the Dalai Lama to “stop separatist activities.”
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