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The Dalai Lama has arrived in the US ahead of a White House meeting with President Barack Obama on Thursday that has raised objections from China.
The meeting comes amid tension in US-Sino relations, with disputes simmering over US arms sales to Taiwan, claims of Chinese cyber-spying and trade deals.
China, which views the Dalai Lama as a separatist, has warned the meeting will undermine relations.
The US, while moving carefully on the issue, dismissed the fears as needless.
On his arrival in Washington on Wednesday, the Dalai Lama headed to a hotel for a ceremony to mark the Losar new year with fellow Tibetans.
The Dalai Lama's special envoy, Lodi Gayari, said that it was "important in itself that the meeting is happening".
He said that the Dalai Lama would be asking the US president to "help find a solution in resolving the Tibet issue that would be mutually beneficial to the Tibetan and Chinese people."
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8520542.stm
The meeting comes amid tension in US-Sino relations, with disputes simmering over US arms sales to Taiwan, claims of Chinese cyber-spying and trade deals.
China, which views the Dalai Lama as a separatist, has warned the meeting will undermine relations.
The US, while moving carefully on the issue, dismissed the fears as needless.
On his arrival in Washington on Wednesday, the Dalai Lama headed to a hotel for a ceremony to mark the Losar new year with fellow Tibetans.
The Dalai Lama's special envoy, Lodi Gayari, said that it was "important in itself that the meeting is happening".
He said that the Dalai Lama would be asking the US president to "help find a solution in resolving the Tibet issue that would be mutually beneficial to the Tibetan and Chinese people."
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8520542.stm
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