{"id":28828,"date":"2008-12-01T00:28:19","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T07:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=28828"},"modified":"2008-12-01T00:40:28","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T07:40:28","slug":"eu-chief-regrets-chinas-cecision-to-cancel-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/12\/eu-chief-regrets-chinas-cecision-to-cancel-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Chief Regrets China’s Decision to Cancel Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"
The president of the European Commision has said he “regrets” China’s decision<\/a> to pull out of the summit with EU leaders after French President Sarkozy announced a visit with the Dalai Lama. From AP<\/a>:<\/p>\n \nJose Manuel Barroso says the Chinese are “ultra-sensitive” about the Dalai Lama but that summits offer the right forum to discuss such matters.<\/p>\n China said Thursday that Sarkozy’s planned meeting with the Tibetan religious leader in Poland left it no choice but to pull out of this week’s summit in France.<\/p>\n Barroso stressed in an interview Sunday on France’s LCI TV station that he doesn’t want such differences to “contaminate the entire relationship” with China, but that it is “totally natural” for European politicians to meet with the Dalai Lama.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n