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Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama will visit Arunachal Pradesh next month as scheduled despite China’s warning it could harm Sino-Indian ties and peace in the border region between the neighbors.
During his April 4-13 visit, the Dalai Lama will meet his followers including federal Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju at Tawang monastery, the largest in India and the second largest in the world.
....Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang on Friday underlined the seriousness and sensitivity of Dalai Lama’s visit.
India should stick to its political commitments and consensus on the boundary question and refrain from providing a platform to Dalai Lama, Geng said.
His comments came after a former Chinese negotiator told a journal that the border dispute can be resolved if India accepted Beijing’s claim over Tawang.
Former Chinese diplomat Dai Bingguo said a solution to the border issue was within grasp if India and China responded to each other’s territorial concerns.
Tawang is a disputed territory. Even British colonialists who drew the disputed McMahon Line as the boundary between China and India viewed Tawang as part of China’s Tibet, Dai told China-India Dialogue magazine.
Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal despite China’s warning
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During his April 4-13 visit, the Dalai Lama will meet his followers including federal Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju at Tawang monastery, the largest in India and the second largest in the world.
....Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang on Friday underlined the seriousness and sensitivity of Dalai Lama’s visit.
India should stick to its political commitments and consensus on the boundary question and refrain from providing a platform to Dalai Lama, Geng said.
His comments came after a former Chinese negotiator told a journal that the border dispute can be resolved if India accepted Beijing’s claim over Tawang.
Former Chinese diplomat Dai Bingguo said a solution to the border issue was within grasp if India and China responded to each other’s territorial concerns.
Tawang is a disputed territory. Even British colonialists who drew the disputed McMahon Line as the boundary between China and India viewed Tawang as part of China’s Tibet, Dai told China-India Dialogue magazine.
Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal despite China’s warning
This could get interesting real quick.