Nicolas Sarkozy <\/a>of France, who is expected to announce on Wednesday that he will after all attend the opening ceremonies of Beijing\u2019s Olympic Games, was warned by China on Tuesday not to meet with the Dalai Lama in France next month.<\/p>\nChina\u2019s ambassador to France, Kong Quan, told reporters there would be \u201cserious consequences\u201d for Chinese-French relations if Mr. Sarkozy meets the Dalai Lama, asserting that it \u201cwould be contrary to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr. Sarkozy has been vague on whether he would meet personally with the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader-in-exile of Tibet, regarded by China as a renegade \u201csplittist\u201d who has advocated resistance to China\u2019s sovereignty.<\/p>\n
China has repeatedly blamed the Dalai Lama and his subordinates for instigating anti-Chinese riots in Tibet three months ago and encouraging a boycott of the Beijing Olympics, which the Dalai Lama has denied. Representatives of both sides recently resumed suspended reconciliation talks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From the New York Times: President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, who is expected to announce on Wednesday that he will after all attend the opening ceremonies of Beijing\u2019s Olympic Games, was warned by China on Tuesday not to meet with the Dalai Lama in France next month. China\u2019s ambassador to France, Kong Quan, told reporters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[5935,67,7055,5759],"class_list":["post-21592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","tag-dalai-lama","tag-france","tag-france-relations","tag-nicolas-sarkozy","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
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