Beijing 'to talk to Dalai aides'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7366500.stm


Chinese officials will hold talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives, state media says, in the first meeting since rioting broke out in Tibet last month.

Xinhua news agency quoted an official as saying a meeting would take place "in coming days".

Beijing has consistently blamed what it termed a "Dalai clique" for fomenting unrest in Tibetan areas of China.

But the Tibetan spiritual leader insists he has no political role and played no part in the protests.

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Xinhua quoted an unnamed official as saying the government had taken into account "requests repeatedly made by the Dalai side for resuming talks".

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"The relevant department of the central government will have contact and consultation with Dalai's private representative in the coming days," the official said.

But the official added that the Dalai Lama would need to "take credible moves to stop activities aimed at splitting China".

This included putting a stop to "plotting and inciting violence and stop disrupting and sabotaging the Beijing Olympic Games so as to create conditions for talks".

The Dalai Lama's spokesman, Tenzin Takla, told the BBC he had received no official notification from the Chinese government of its desire to meet.

China has held talks with the Dali Lama's representatives before, though meetings have rarely resulted in any progress.

According to Mr Takla, the last round was held in June and July last year in Beijing.

He added that the Dalai Lama had been "making efforts to reach out to the Chinese people and the Chinese leadership" since last month's protests.

Rallies began in the main Tibetan city of Lhasa on 10 March, led by Buddhist monks.

Over the following week protests spread and became violent - particularly in Lhasa where ethnic Chinese were targeted and shops were burnt down.

Beijing cracked down on the protesters with force, sending in hundreds of troops to regain control of the restive areas.

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