China condemns Mongolia for hosting Dalai Lama
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-08-23 10:13
BEIJING - China has condemned Mongolia for playing host
to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama who is on a visit to China's
northerly neighbour.
"The
Chinese government strongly opposes ... any country providing the Dalai Lama with
a venue for his separatist activities," the Foreign Ministry said.
"The Dalai Lama is not a simple or
pure religious figure. He is a political exile who undertakes secessionist activities
abroad and damages the unity of nationalities," the ministry said.
Before Monday, the Dalai Lama had visited Mongolia five
times since the early 1990s, most recently in 2002.
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