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Article: Tibetans Angry but the Dalai Lama Reacts With Caution
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- India Abroad
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- December 13, 1996
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Neelesh Misra
India Abroad
12-13-1996
Tibetans Angry but the Dalai Lama Reacts With Caution.
Protesting Tibetans greeted Chinese President Jiang Zemin on his visit to New Delhi with a blood-scribbled letter and burned a Chinese flag. But the Dalai Lama, the community's deeply revered spiritual head, reacted with a restrained welcome.
"I believe that a relationship based on genuine trust and confidence between India and China will help in creating a conducive environment in resolving the problem of Tibet I, therefore, welcome the visit of President Jiang Zemin to India," the Dalai Lama said in a statement faxed to India Abroad from Dharamsala, the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
While ...