Monday, March 31, 2008

DALAILAMA INTENTION IS NOT TO HARM TO CHAINA

'Dalai Lama shouldn't do anything harmful to Sino-India ties'
Behrampore (WB) (PTI): In the midst of China's charge that Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama was inciting violence in Tibet, India on Monday said he should not to do anything while being in this country which could harm its diplomatic relations with China.
"The Dalai Lama can stay here as India's guest but he should not do anything that harms India's diplomatic ties with China. There has been no change in this policy formulated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru," Mukhejee said after inaugurating a college at Aurangabad in Murshidabad district.
Asked for his reaction on former Defence Minister George Fernandes' remarks on India's response to Chinese crackdown on protestors in Tibet, Mukherjee said though he spoke against China now, he had visited the country during his tenure as Defence Minister

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