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Dalai Lama urges international media presence in Tibet

Source: TIBET/CHINA NEWS / TIBETAN TIMES NEWS/ FREE TIBET NEWS

May 13, 2008

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AFP[Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:09]
WARSAW — The Dalai Lama urged China and the international community to facilitate an international media presence in Tibet, in an interview with Polish television Monday.

Without going into detail of how he proposed getting foreign journalists into tightly controlled Tibet, the exiled Tibetan leader said their presence there was essential "to see what is happening."

He said recent talks between China and his envoys were made possible because Chinese leaders were beginning to be "concerned" at world opinion about the situation in Tibet, just months away from the Beijing Olympics.

But asked whether he thought China was serious or "just buying time" by agreeing to the talks, the Dalai Lama told TVP2: "Too early to say -- I don't know."

He stressed changes in China over the last 30 years made him hopeful for a peaceful resolution to deadly tensions over Chinese rule in his Himalayan mountain homeland.

According to Chinese state media reports, China and the Dalai Lama's envoys agreed to keep the door open on dialogue after talks on May ...Read the full article

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